Xinfeng, Wang
Professor Kim
Music 121
30 July 2016
Pachelbel Canon in D Major
Canon, meaning regular pattern, is a kind of polyphony. A voice part of melody always chases with another voice part until the end of section or final chord. Pachelbel Canon in D Major, full Title-Canon and Gigue in D for three violins and Basso Continuo, was created by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. It is the most famous composition in canon music. Canon refers to the song’s structure and Gigue is a baroque dance. Canon in D major, created in 1680, is the baroque chamber music. It has been adapted for many different versions for different musical instruments. Today we may have heard Canon in D major in lots of different places such as TV ads, films, …show more content…
He grew up in a middle-class family and got musical training from Heinrich Schwemmer. His representative composition is Canon in D major. Johann Pachelbel is a radical composer and pipe organist of church in late German baroque period. The music of organ and keyboard written by him is very outstanding in the field. He has very high status in the religious music field. Unfortunately, many of his work have not been properly preserved even if a part of music work is still submerged in local library of German. He died and buried on March 9, 1706. The performer is San Francisco Ensemble voices of music. The members are Tanya Tomkins, baroque cello, Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ; featuring Katherine Carla Moore & Cynthia Freivogel, baroque violin and David Tayler, theorbo. This group is really excellent. They have a lot of shows today. We can check the time table on their …show more content…
The cello uses the bowing techniques and plays the same two bars in a total of 28 time throughout the entire composition. It is the characteristic of the Pachelbel’s canon. Around 0:12 second mark, the violins begin to enter the track. The first violin plays the two bars of the canon’s melody. At 0:20, the second violin enters with same melody of the first violin, while the first violin continues with the next two bars of the canon. At 0:28, the third violin enters the track while the second violin the third and fourth bars and the first violin continues with the fifth and sixth bars. All violin parts follow one another at distance of two bars until the end of this song. the sounds of other instruments are connected, accompany on the baroque
Professor Kim
Music 121
30 July 2016
Pachelbel Canon in D Major
Canon, meaning regular pattern, is a kind of polyphony. A voice part of melody always chases with another voice part until the end of section or final chord. Pachelbel Canon in D Major, full Title-Canon and Gigue in D for three violins and Basso Continuo, was created by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. It is the most famous composition in canon music. Canon refers to the song’s structure and Gigue is a baroque dance. Canon in D major, created in 1680, is the baroque chamber music. It has been adapted for many different versions for different musical instruments. Today we may have heard Canon in D major in lots of different places such as TV ads, films, …show more content…
He grew up in a middle-class family and got musical training from Heinrich Schwemmer. His representative composition is Canon in D major. Johann Pachelbel is a radical composer and pipe organist of church in late German baroque period. The music of organ and keyboard written by him is very outstanding in the field. He has very high status in the religious music field. Unfortunately, many of his work have not been properly preserved even if a part of music work is still submerged in local library of German. He died and buried on March 9, 1706. The performer is San Francisco Ensemble voices of music. The members are Tanya Tomkins, baroque cello, Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ; featuring Katherine Carla Moore & Cynthia Freivogel, baroque violin and David Tayler, theorbo. This group is really excellent. They have a lot of shows today. We can check the time table on their …show more content…
The cello uses the bowing techniques and plays the same two bars in a total of 28 time throughout the entire composition. It is the characteristic of the Pachelbel’s canon. Around 0:12 second mark, the violins begin to enter the track. The first violin plays the two bars of the canon’s melody. At 0:20, the second violin enters with same melody of the first violin, while the first violin continues with the next two bars of the canon. At 0:28, the third violin enters the track while the second violin the third and fourth bars and the first violin continues with the fifth and sixth bars. All violin parts follow one another at distance of two bars until the end of this song. the sounds of other instruments are connected, accompany on the baroque