Johann Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel ( IPA: [ paxɛlbl̩, paxl̩bɛl, paxɛlbl̩ ] ) (. . Christened on 1 Septemberjul / September 11 1653greg in Nuremberg, † March 3, 1706 ) was a German composer of the Baroque. In addition to his activities as a composer Pachelbel was organist in Vienna, among other things, Eisenach, Erfurt, Stuttgart, Gotha and from 1695 at the Church of St. Sebald in Nuremberg.
Life
Johann Pachelbel was baptized on September 1, 1653 in Nuremberg. His parents were the wine merchant Johann (Hans) Pachelbel (* 1613 in Wunsiedel ), who was born and his second wife Anne Maria Mair. He fell early on through his musical and scientific talent. The study at the University of Altdorf near Nuremberg, he had to give up because his father got into financial problems and had to pledge his house in 1669 after only nine months. Johann Pachelbel attended in the period following the Lutheran High School Poeticum in Regensburg, in 1673 he went to Vienna.
He was ducal court organist in Eisenach in 1677 and met the Bach family know. In 1678 he became organist at the church preacher to Erfurt, where he was the older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christoph Bach the Younger, organ lessons. In Erfurt, Johann Pachelbel married in 1681 Barbara Gabler, who died of the plague, as well as their son in October 1683. Already in the following year he married Juditha Dommer, the daughter of a coppersmith. They had seven children, including the painter Amalia Pachelbel 's sons, Wilhelm Hieronymus and and emigrated to America Carl Theodorus, who were also musicians.
Johann Pachelbel moved to Stuttgart in 1690 in the service of the Duchess Magdalena Sibylla. Already in 1692 he fled from an imminent French invasion, according to Nuremberg. Subsequently, he worked as city organist at the Augustinian and Margaret Church in Gotha. In 1695 he went back to his hometown of Nuremberg, where he was organist of St. Sebald successor to the late Georg Caspar Wecker. He died at the age of 52 years on March 3, 1706. He is buried in the Rochusfriedhof in Nuremberg.
Works
Pachelbel was one of the most important composers of the south German organ tradition.
Pachelbel 's compositions include choral arrangements, free organ works ( Toccatas, Ciaconen, fantasies and fugues ), organ chorales, chorale variations and trio sonatas. Have become known especially his choral arrangements with a pre- imitation of the individual motifs in the accompanying voices. In his organ works the pedal is relatively sparingly used, many works are written only manualiter.
Canon in D
The most famous piece is the Pachelbel canon Canon and Gigue in D major. It is the only canon composed by him, he is therefore not representative of Pachelbel's oeuvre. From the canon of today, there are numerous recordings, versions and edits.