Johann Pachelbel

Johann Pachelbel (päkh'?lb?l) (August 1653 – March 3, 1706) was a German baroque composer and organist, best remembered for his Canon in D.

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August - 1653 - March 3 - 1706 - German - Baroque - Composer - Canon in D

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Pachelbel was organist at Erfurt, in the Thuringian region of Germany. He contributed to Protestant church music, especially to music for the keyboard. Pachelbel's harmonizations of church chorales seem to have been inspirational to the young Johann Sebastian Bach, whose older brother, Johann Christoph Bach, had been Pachelbel's organ student. Indeed, Pachelbel seems to have enjoyed close friendships with many members of the Bach family of musicians. Pachelbel served in the capelle in Eisenach, the home city of Ambrosius Bach and birthplace of his many children including Johann Sebastian and Johann Christoph, for a year in the 1670s. Pachelbel also stood as godfather for Ambrosius Bach's daughter (Johann Sebastian's sister) Johanna Judith Bach.

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Erfurt - Thuringian - Germany - Chorale - Johann Sebastian Bach - Johann Christoph Bach - Eisenach - Ambrosius Bach - 1670 - Godfather

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His sons Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel and Charles Theodore Pachelbel were also both organists and composers.

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Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel - Charles Theodore Pachelbel

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