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In 2012, the UK-based Co-Operative Funeralcare compiled a list of the most popular, classical, contemporary and religious music across 30,000 funerals. Canon in D placed second on the Classical chart, behind Edward Elgar's "Nimrod". [4] The Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 1998 song "Christmas Canon" is a "take" on Pachelbel's Canon. [31]
Interest in Pachelbel's work increased in the early 20th century with the revival of Baroque-era compositions, but the Canon remained relatively obscure until the 1960s. Alexandra S. Levine, writing for The New York Times , said a late-1960s recording by French conductor Jean-François Paillard led to the piece's ubiquity in pop music and at ...
"Christmas Canon" is a Christmas song by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) from their 1998 album The Christmas Attic. The song is set to the tune of Johann Pachelbel 's Canon in D Major with new lyrics added.
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.
"Christmas Canon" is based on Pachelbel's Canon. The "Joy" section of "Joy/Angels We Have Heard on High" is a reworking of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring."
The song contains a sample of "Canon in D Major" by German composer Johann Pachelbel. It was written by Maroon 5's lead singer Adam Levine, Stefan Johnson, Jordan Johnson, Michael Pollack, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Jon Bellion, and Vincent Ford. Levine and the production team the Monsters and the Strangerz produced the song.
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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