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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 .
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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 ...
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The track was also featured on the soundtrack to the 1997 comedy film Nothing to Lose. It heavily interpolates Johann Pachelbel's Baroque "Canon in D Major." [2] Released on June 17, 1997, the single peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number seven on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart; it was Coolio's last top-40 hit in ...
The song uses a chord progression based on Pachelbel's Canon. ... The song was first performed as a sketch on the Japanese sketch comedy show Adventures of a ...
The backing to the song is based on Pachelbel's Canon, and in the final spoken coda, there is a medley of classical favourites in the background. An interlude in the middle of the song consists of an attempt to play Beethoven's 5th Symphony , which keeps starting up and winding down, possibly to add to the death humour of the song.
Also, "Pachelbel's Canon" is played briefly during the wedding scene. The film's original music was composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre . The soundtrack album was released by Varèse Sarabande , featuring 28 minutes of Jarre's score and the songs "Only the Lonely" and "Someone Like You."