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Pachelbel - Canon in D major

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Uploaded by on Dec 29, 2011

Pachelbel's Canon is the most famous piece of music by German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. It was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo and paired with a gigue (baroque dance) in the same key.
Like most other works by Pachelbel and other pre-1700 composers, the Canon remained forgotten for centuries and was rediscovered only in the 20th century.
Several decades after it was first published in 1919, the piece became extremely popular, and today it is frequently played at weddings and included on classical music compilations, along with other famous Baroque pieces such as Air on the G String by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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  • Both Air on G string by Bach and Pachelbel´´s Canon are the music of angels. No more and no less. To enjoy when we are happy, and to sooth and comfort us when we are sad. Too much overcomes us humans and the composers understood!

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