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Johann Pachelbel

1653 - 1706

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Johann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel; baptised 11 September [O.S. 1 September] 1653 – buried 9 March 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most important composers of the middle Baroque era. Pachelbel's music enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime; he had many pupils and his music became a model for the composers of south and central Germany. Today, Pachelbel is best known for the Canon in D; other well known works include the Chaconne in F minor, the Toccata in E minor for organ, and the Hexachordum Apollinis, a set of keyboard variations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Pachelbel is the 84th most popular composer (down from 80th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Germany (down from 228th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Composer.

Johann Pachelbel is most famous for his Canon in D Major.

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Among composers, Johann Pachelbel ranks 84 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Zimmer, César Franck, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Josquin des Prez, Alban Berg, and Leoš Janáček. After him are Heinrich Schütz, Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Boccherini, John Williams, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Olivier Messiaen.

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Among people born in 1653, Johann Pachelbel ranks 2. Before him is Arcangelo Corelli. After him are Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Muhammad Azam Shah, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, André-Hercule de Fleury, Prince George of Denmark, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Georg Muffat, Maria Amalia of Courland, and Caspar van Wittel. Among people deceased in 1706, Johann Pachelbel ranks 1. After him are Pierre Bayle, Peter II of Portugal, 6th Dalai Lama, Georg Joseph Kamel, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Rahman Baba, Kimpa Vita, Andreas Werckmeister, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, John Evelyn, and Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Pachelbel ranks 247 out of 7,253. Before him are Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Magda Goebbels (1901), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), and Klaus Barbie (1913). After him are Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Robert Bunsen (1811), Justus von Liebig (1803), and Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Pachelbel ranks 17. Before him are Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Carl Orff (1895), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Hans Zimmer (1957), and Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928). After him are Heinrich Schütz (1585), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hindemith (1895), Max Bruch (1838), and Fanny Mendelssohn (1805).

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