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Pachelbel's Canon (also known as the Canon in D, P 37) is an accompanied canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. The canon was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo and paired with a gigue , known as Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo .
Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D major, written in the mid-Baroque period and revived from obscurity in the 1960s, has been credited with inspiring pop songs. Some pop songs borrow its chord progression, bass line, or melodic structure, a phenomenon attributed to the memorability and simplicity of the work.
Johann Pachelbel [n 1] (also Bachelbel; baptised 11 September [O.S. 1 September] 1653 [n 2] – buried 9 March 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak.
For organ works, POP catalogue numbers are provided, from catalogue by Antoine Bouchard for his 1998–2001 recording of Pachelbel's organ oeuvre (this catalogue only covers organ works). Perreault numbers are used as the basis of the list, making individual sections organized alphabetically (i.e. the chorales) and/or by tonality.
The Handel organ concertos, Op. 7, HWV 306–311, ... Op. 2, No. 1 and No. 8. The second movement uses Pachelbel’s Canon in D, chord progression.
Was probably a tough ask to begin with. I've been doing some research on Pachelbel (for a separate topic) and scholarship on him is scattered and super disorganized; the canon is also virtually ignored. Aza24 (talk) 03:17, 16 December 2023 (UTC) "from the Canon's violin melody" makes it sound like they took the whole 4 minute melody.
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Charles Theodore Pachelbel (baptized Carl Theodorus, also spelled Karl Theodor, on 24 November [O.S. 14 November] 1690; [1] buried 15 September 1750) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist of the late Baroque era. He was the son of the more famous Johann Pachelbel, composer of the popular Canon in D.