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Portrait of Johann Pachelbel

Composer

Johann Pachelbel

German composer, organist and teacher

1653–1706

591 works and musical collections

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Born
1653
Died
1706
Birthplace
Nuremberg
Place of death
Nuremberg
Citizenship / historical state
Germany
Period (estimated from birth year)
Baroque

Biography

Pachelbel wrote a large body of organ and keyboard music and one canon, and the canon has entirely swamped the rest.

The Canon in D exists in more arrangements than possibly any other piece in this catalogue — string quartet, solo piano, guitar, wedding ensembles of every configuration, and every grade from beginner to concert. It was written for three violins and continuo, and everything else is an arrangement. Check what you are getting.

The organ music is genuinely worth knowing and largely ignored: the chorale preludes are accessible to an organist of moderate ability and are good introductions to a style that Bach later took much further. All of it is out of copyright.

Life and musical career

Occupations
composer; organist; teacher
Education
University of Altdorf
Teachers
Heinrich Schwemmer; Georg Caspar Wecker
Instruments played
organ
Genres
fugue; canon; chaconne; classical music
Movements
Baroque music
Notable works
Canon and Gigue in D
Birth name
Johann Pachelbel
Languages used
German
VIAF ID
24795715
ISNI
0000000108560529
GND ID
119456613
Library of Congress ID
n79077219
MusicBrainz ID
2251b277-2dfb-4cf1-83f3-27e29f902440

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Organ, Piano, Guitar, Voice, violin
Genres represented
Classical, Pop, Christmas, Jazz, Rock
Source entries with composition dates
3

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Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title Work details Listed instruments Sheet music
Canon in Dance See work details
  • Piano
  • Harp
  • Organ
13 more instruments
  • Guitar
  • Cello
  • Flute
  • Oboe
  • violin
  • Voice
  • Bassoon
  • bass
  • Choir
  • Horn
  • Clarinet
  • Trombone
  • Trum
Jazz · Rock · Country · Classical · Pop · Religious · Children · Christmas
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Work & excerpts
Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 377 1 excerpt listings
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Toccata in C Major, T. 232
Key in title
C major
  • Organ
  • Orchestra
  • Keyboard
Classical
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Pachelbel: Selected Organ Works, Volume III See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Pachelbel: Selected Organ Works, Volume II See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Pachelbel: Two Trio Suites See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Pachelbel: Selected Organ Works, Volume I See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Fuga in C major
Key in title
C major
  • Piano
Classical
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Two Fugues See work details
  • Horn
Classical
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Fughetta See work details
  • Piano
  • Cello
  • Flute
5 more instruments
  • violin
  • Double Bass
  • Clarinet
  • Saxophone
  • Viola
Classical
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Freu Dich Sehr, O Meine Seele (Treuer Gott, Ich Muss Dir Klagen - Wie Nach Einer Wasserquelle) See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Go, Tell It on the Mountain See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Cannon In `D' See work details
  • Harp
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From This Moment On See work details
  • Guitar
  • Voice
Classical
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Pachelbel: Selected Organ Works, Volume IV See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Variations on 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen' See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Voluntary On The Doxology (Old 100th) See work details
  • Piano
  • Voice
Classical
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Certificate See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Gavotte and Variations See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Ricercar In C Minor
Key in title
C minor
  • Organ
Classical
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Der Tag, Der Ist So Freudenreich See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Pastoral See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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12. Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiss gar wohl See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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1. Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stand See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Could I Have This Dance See work details
  • Guitar
  • Voice
Classical
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Work & excerpts
Chorale Prelude, 1 excerpt listings
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Kanon Und Gigue See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Ricercar In C Major
Key in title
C major
  • Organ
Classical
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1st Violin,2nd violin,viola,cello,bass See work details
  • Guitar
Classical
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15. Komm heiliger Geist, herre Gott See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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The Search Is Over See work details
  • Guitar
  • Voice
Classical
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When I Fall in Love See work details
  • Guitar
  • Voice
Classical
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Good King Wenceslas See work details See edition details Classical View sheet music Work & edition details
Fughetta and Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr See work details
  • Cello
  • violin
  • Viola
Classical
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Fantasias See work details
  • Keyboard
Classical
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Fugues on the Magnificat See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Hexachordum Apollinis.
Year composed
1699 or before
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Sarabande See work details
  • Piano
Classical
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Prelude in D minor
Key in title
D minor
  • Organ
Classical
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Alle Menschen Mussen Sterben (Jesu, Der Du Meine Seele) See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen (Ach Herr, Mich Armen Sunder - O Haupt Voll Blut Und Wunden) See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Passion - O Mensch, Bewein Dein Sunde Gross See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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Kanon See work details
  • violin
  • Horn
  • Trombone
1 more instruments
  • Tuba
Classical
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An Wasserflussen Babylon See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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23. Ciacona in F See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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3. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland See work details
  • Organ
Classical
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1. Fuga, C See work details
  • Organ
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 24795715.