Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Bio
Pachelbel was born in Nuremberg. He studied under Heinrich Schwemmer who was a significant figure in the Nuremberg musical tradition started by Johann Erasmus Kindermann & Johann Staden. Pachelbel was talented and managed to secure a position in Vienna at the Saint Stephen Cathedral. He became friends with the Bach family as he moved around Germany though JS Bach was only a child. He married twice after losing his first wife to the plague. Several of his children were also musicians.
Music
Canon in D major
Hexachordum Apollinis
Pachelbel arrangements
No comments:
Post a Comment