Preview: Canon - Pachelbel
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SKU: A0.870429
Composed by Johann Pachelbel. Arranged by Randy Steinberg. Baroque,Graduation,Wedding. Score and parts. 46 pages. Randy A. Steinberg #3009469. Published by Randy A. Steinberg (A0.870429).Johann Christoph Pachelbel was a German baroque composer and organist. He was an acclaimed composer and organist during his lifetime, and was also regarded as an outstanding teacher. Today Pachelbel is considered to be one of the most important organ composers of the middle Baroque: he made significant contributions to the development of chorale prelude and fugue and brought the Southern German organ tradition to its peak.
During his lifetime, Pachelbel was best known as an organ composer. He wrote more than two hundred organ pieces, both liturgical and secular, and used most of the genres that existed at the time. His other keyboard music includes harpsichord suites and sets of variations. Pachelbel also composed numerous vocal works: arias, Magnificat settings, motets, sacred concertos, and chamber music.
As a composer, Pachelbel apparently was most interested in variation forms and associated techniques. Variation techniques are in many of his organ works especially heard in the piece presented here, his Canon for which can be heard a full set of techniques. It is the only canon he wrote, yet is one of the most popular ones performed today.
This quintet arrangement makes a great piece to play for church services, graduations and wedding processionals. It’s stately chordal progressions, chordal tonalities and variations have been especially popular with audiences around the world.
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