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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."
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.
Band member Grimes wanted to use "Pachelbel's Canon" by Johann Pachelbel in a song after hearing it in a TV advert and a chord sequence was taken from it. [6] The band bought a sampler so they could do it, [5] and they contacted DJ and house music producer Terry Farley. When he heard the result, he said, "That's a hit. You've got to write some ...
The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and Boris Bergman [1] on the motifs of Pachelbel's Canon. The recording was produced by Pierre Sberro. [1] The song reached number two in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway. In Belgium it reached number one in Wallonia and number seven in Flanders. [1]