Composer
Johann Pachelbel
1653–1706
594 works in the index
- Born
- 1653
- Died
- 1706
- Birthplace
- 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.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Organ, Piano, Guitar, Voice, violin
- Genres represented
- Classical, Pop, Christmas, Jazz, Rock
- Works with composition dates
- 3 of 594
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 13 of 13
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
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.