Saturday, February 16, 2013

Music #327 - Johann Pachelbel

Johann Pachelbel 

[ˈjoːhan ˈpaxɛlbəl]  (1653 – 1706)

Canon is a polyphonic technique in which several voices play the same music, entering in sequence. 

In Pachelbel's Canon, there are 3 voices (violins) engaged in canon, plus an independent 4th voice, the basso continuo. The latter plays a simple passage of 8 notes repeated 54 times.

a funny version

a voicy version

It experienced a tremendous surge in popularity during the 1970s, probably due to a recording by Jean-François Paillard in 1970.
a popular version
- Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra

Now one of the most recognized and famous baroque compositions, it has in recent years become extremely popular for use in weddings.
How Where When - a lovely version


* a sleepy version

* a father's version

a courageous version - in “My Sassy Girl / 엽기적인그녀” (2001 Korean movie)

a digital version - the bass hand doing continuo 

* an impossible version



Magnificat Figures

Pachelbel wrote several different settings of the Magnificat, which plays an important role in the Protestant liturgy of the vespers services.  


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