Johann Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel is unfairly viewed as a one-work composer, that work being the popular, Canon in D major, for three violins and continuo. He was an important figure from the Baroque period who is now seen as central in the development of both keyboard music and Protestant church music. Some have summarized his primary contribution as the uniting of Catholic Gregorian chant elements with the Northern German organ style, a style that reflected the influence of the Protestant chorale. A Lutheran, he spent several years in Vienna, where he was exposed to music by Froberger and Frescobaldi, which influenced his work with the chorale-prelude. His music in this genre would, in turn, influence the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, among others. It should be noted that many of Pachelbel's works are difficult to date, thus rendering judgments about his stylistic evolution questionable in many cases. Pachelbel was also a gifted organist and harpsichordist.
Pachelbel was born in August of 1653 and baptized on September 1. He showed musical talent early on and began studies first with Heinrich Schwemmer and later with George Kaspar Wecker, the latter instructing in composition and on the organ. Pachelbel received his general education at St. Lorenz high school, and in 1669, he enrolled at the university in Altdorf. Pachelbel did not come from a wealthy family and earned meager sums serving as organist at the Lorenzkirche. He thus could not garner enough money to keep up with the tuition costs at the university and had to leave after about a year.
After a brief period of private study following his departure, Pachelbel traveled to Vienna and obtained an assistant organist post at St. Stephen's Cathedral in 1673. Four years later, he took a position as court organist in Eisenach, where Bach would be born in 1685. He would become a close friend of the Bach family and teach both Johann Sebastian and Johann Christoph. Pachelbel left after a year at Eisenach, however, and became organist at the Predigerkirche in Erfurt, in 1678.
The composer married Barbara Gabler in 1681, and by 1683, he was a father. However, in September of that year, tragedy struck as a plague swept through Erfurt, taking his wife and infant son. Four sets of chorale variations appeared around this time under the title of Musicalische Sterbens-Gedancken (Musical Thoughts of Death). During this period, his organ chorales would become his most important works.
In August 1684, Pachelbel married Judith Drommer. One of their seven children would be the composer, organist, and harpsichordist Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelberg, born 1686. In 1690, Pachelbel took a post as Court organist at Stuttgart and appeared quite satisfied, but left after two years due to an impending invasion by French forces. He served next as municipal organist at Gotha, from the fall of 1692 until April 1695. He returned to Nuremberg around the latter time, eventually to become organist at St. Sebalduskirche (summer, 1695). He would serve for nearly 11 years in this post, producing his most famous vocal scores, as well as his great Magnificat fugues. In 1699, he produced his important collection of six arias, Hexachordum Apollinis, for organ or harpsichord. Pachelbel was buried in Nuremberg on March 9, 1706, and apparently had died on March 3.
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Johann Pachelbel: Works for Harpsichord and Organ
Márton Borsányi, Johann Pachelbel
Klassiek - Released by Rondeau Production on 25 aug. 2017
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Rising
Gianluca Giorda, Johann Pachelbel
Pop - Released by Gianluca Giorda on 26 okt. 2015
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Classical Music for Learning 2: Great Masterpieces to Improve Studying and Mental Focus
Klassiek - Released by Cobra Entertainment LLC on 6 aug. 2013
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The History of Strings (100 Famous Songs)
Klassiek - Released by Dream Collection on 22 jan. 2016
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Relaxing Variations of Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel, Classical Music Radio and Classical Study Music
New age - Released by Canon Dreams on 7 mei 2015
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Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D Major
Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Peter Wohlert
Klassiek - Released by Dream Collection on 8 apr. 2014
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Pachelbel: Kanon und Gigue in D Major, P. 37: Kanon (Arr. for Piano by H.M.)
Klassiek - Released by Prospero Classical on 26 apr. 2024
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Dalí, La Música Que Él Amó
Klassiek - Released by Tam-Tam Media on 1 jul. 2007
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Canon in D, P. 37 (Arr. for Piano)
Klassiek - Released by Braclassic Music on 23 feb. 2024
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Pachelbel: Vom Himmel Hoch da Komm Ich Her (Digitally Remastered)
Klassiek - Released by EMG Classical on 28 okt. 2014
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Tribute to Fifty Shades of Grey
Klassiek - Released by AMU on 4 sep. 2012
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Canon in D
Concertmuziek - Released by BSX Records on 18 dec. 2013
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Classical Chillout Collection - Relaxing Classical Music Masterpieces
Klassiek - Released by Amathus Music on 27 apr. 2010
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Grandes Epocas de la Música, Pachelbel - Buxtehude
Jiri Reinberger, Jiri Ropek, Jaroslava Potměšilová
Klassiek - Released by JamadaClassics on 24 nov. 2015
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Hypnotic Canon in D Lucid Meditation Spa: Extended
Ontspanning - Released by Nonbient Records on 19 jan. 2012
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A Canon of Canons: Pachelbel's Canon in D Major
Johann Pachelbel, Classical and Classical Chillout Radio
Klassiek - Released by Pachelbel's Mirage on 11 jan. 2016
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Variations on Pachelbel's Canon in D Major
Klassiek - Released by Phloide on 10 jul. 2014
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Canon in Minecraft with Lasers
Klassiek - Released by carykh on 18 dec. 2023
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