Johann Pachelbel German musician 1653-1706

Johann Pachelbel

Johann Pachelbel (Johann Pachelbel), German musician, the German Baroque period late composer and church organist, when he was quite radical of the composer, written by living organ and keyboard music is his main subject to the affirmative creation In the field of Protestant religious music creation, his status is also quite high. Unfortunately, most of his works have not been properly preserved, and some of them are still submerged in libraries across Germany. Johann Pachelbel Alias John Pahebel

Country of Citizenship Germany

Place of birth Nuremberg, Germany

Date of birth September 1, 1653

Date of death march 1706

Constellation Virgo

Profession Musician, composer

Main works Canon in D major Main article: Canon in D major It is worth mentioning that his work, Canon in D (Canon in D major), has the same charm three hundred years later. It is not only one of the most favorite instrumental sketches of modern people, but also a frequent guest of film and television commercial soundtracks. The composition time of this piece was approximately between 1678 and 1690. The composition consisted of three violins and digital bass. At first, the bass instrument played two measures of stubborn eight basses. The next three violins appeared one after the other, and the bass instrument started from the beginning. In the end, the same eight notes were repeated twenty-eight times. Generally, a light Gigue is added after this tune to form a pair to perform. What needs special note is "Kanon", not the name of the song, but a form of music. Many people mistakenly think that this piece is "Kanon". "Kanon" literally means "around singing", the melody of several parts. Appeared one after another, crossed over, imitated each other, and followed each other. This form of music appeared in the 14th century. Gigue is Gigue. Pachelbel's Canon full name is "Canon and Gigue in D major for 3 violins and Basso Continuo" ( three violins and bass playing through the creation of the D major Canon and Gigue ). Pachelbel's Canon was made about 1680. Three hundred years later, its charm remains undiminished, and it has become the most popular instrumental piece by modern people. Because there was an Oscar-nominated film "Ordinary Man" that used it as the film's soundtrack, this song was widely known, and " My Savage Girlfriend " also used this work in the scene. This song also appeared in the classical music TV animation "Golden Strings". This is a German composer, but it is very difficult for Germany to give him such a beautiful inspiration. This is the music written by the author when he was in Venice, Italy. It uses a Rondo form and has infinitely dynamic music elements in it. The reason why this music is particularly famous among all Canons is that it carries a touch of Italian sadness, a sweet and peaceful sadness. The mellow tune is not sorrowful, using 28 degrees of reincarnation to tell the clear sky after the rainstorm. It really feels like this. The spotless sky after the rain is blue, distant, and pure. Canon (Canon) is a type of polyphonic music, originally meaning "law". The same melody appears successively in each voice at different heights such as the same degree or five degrees, causing continuous imitation one after another, that is, strict imitation of counterpoint. The part that appears for the first time is called "starting sentence", the repetitive part that appears after one or two measures is called "response sentence", and the music is written with Canon's technique is called "cannon song". In vocal music, the "round sing" "It is a kind of "Canon Song". Canon appeared in the 13th and 4th centuries, and later generations often adopted ancient tunes as the theme of Canon. Apollo's Lyre Pachelbel wrote a lot of keyboard repertoire, "Apollo's lyre" (Hexachordum Apollinis) is one of the keyboard repertoires. He wrote this suite, which was originally given to two composers, Ferdinand Tobias Richter and Buxtehud. "Apollo's Lyre" is a set of six different tunes of arias and variations (Aria and variation), they are: 1. Aria Prima 2. Aria Secunda 3. Aria Tertia 4. Aria Quarta 5. Aria Quinta 6. Aria Sexta (Aria Sebaldina) Other works 1. f minor chakong 2.d minor 3. Fugue in C major life John Pachelbel (September 1, 1653-March 1706) (also translated as John Pachelbel, Pachelbel, Pachelbel, etc.), German organist and composer. Born in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied music with Schwemmer in his early years. In 1669, he entered a school in Altdorf to receive a music education, but because he could not afford the tuition, he transferred to a school in Regensburg the following year. Schools. In 1673, he moved to Vienna and became a student and assistant of Kerll, the organist of St Stephen's Cathedral. In 1677 to Eisenach (Eisenach), served as the palace organist for one year. Eisenach is also the hometown of German music, 8 years later, JS Bach was born here. In 1678, he worked as an organist in Erfurt, where he taught JC Bach (this JC Bach was not the youngest son of JS Bach, but Johann Christoph Bach, the elder brother of JS Bach, and became JS Bach after his parents died. Guardian). In 1683, his first wife and son, unfortunately, died of the plague and remarried the following year. After 1690, he worked as an organist in Stuttgart and Gotha. In 1695, he returned to his hometown of Nuremberg and served as the organist of St Sebald's church. From then on, he died on March 3, 1706.

Pachelbel has shown his interest in the pursuit of knowledge since he was a child, especially music. he also followed Heinrich Schwemmer and Wecker to learn the techniques of composition and instrumental music. On June 29, 1669, Pachelbel entered the Altdorf School (Altdorf) and worked as an organist in the Church of St. Lorenz. A year later, Pachelbel was forced to drop out of school due to economic conditions and terminated his university education. However, in the spring of the following year, because of his talent in academic knowledge, he was selected to be trained as a scholar in another college, and because of his specialization in music, the school allowed him to follow Prunz outside the school ( Kaspar Prentz) learn to compose. Under the influence of Prenz, Pachelbel gradually turned his original North German-style to Italian style.

Since Pachelbel I believed in was the new German Lutheran denomination, so he followed the teacher Pullen times to Vienna in 1673, became St. Stephen's church organist. In the Catholic city of Vienna, Pachelbel came into contact with religious music written by Catholic composers in South Germany and Italy. After that, he joined Eisenach as a court organist. This is Isaac. Duke of Sun-Eisenach, the jurisdiction of Prince John George. Five years later, because of the death of the prince’s brother, the court was in mourning, and the musicians were abolished, Pachelbel left Eisenach on May 18, 1678. After that, Pachelbel came to the Predigerkirche in Erfurt. This church has strict requirements for organists. In addition, to accompany Protestant disciples to sing hymns and provide preludes to hymns, organists cannot improvise, but they must show their experience and experience in playing the organ every year. An exquisite concert to show that he is not a vegetarian. As a result, Pachelbel's pipe organ technique was brought into play, and he published many important pipe organ works, which established his reputation as a famous pipe organ master in the late Baroque period.

In 1681, Pachelbel married Barbara Gabler (Barbara Gabler) at the age of twenty-eight. Barbara and their only child later died of the plague. The following year he married Judith Drummer (Judith Drummer), this marriage brought him, seven children. Eisenach is Bach’s hometown, so Pachelbel and Bach’s father are also acquainted. He also became the godfather of Bach’s sister and was also responsible for teaching music to Bach’s brother. After the death of Bach's father, the responsibility of educating Bach's music fell on this elder brother, so we can say that Pachelbel is the master of Bach.

Leaving Erfurt, Pachelbel came to the court of Wurttemberg, Wurttemberg is located in Stuttgart, which is the jurisdiction of Duchess Magdalena Sibylla (Duchess Magdalena Sibylla) This place gave him a lot of professional freedom. In the autumn of 1692, he was forced to return to his birthplace of Nuremberg due to the invasion of the French army and finally moved to Gotha. It happened that the original organist of the St. Sebald church in Nuremberg, Pachelbel's teacher, Weike, passed away, allowing him to successfully take over as a teacher. He stayed here until he passed away. During his five years in Nuremberg, Pachelbel wrote important religious choruses and organ fugues such as Magnificat, which are regarded as the masterpieces of his later years.

In 1706, John Pachelbel died at the age of 52. His exact date of death is unknown. He was buried on March 9. The local custom bury the deceased three to four days after his death. The estimated date of death is March 7 or around. .