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Pachelbel, Johann (b Nuremberg, 1653; d Nuremberg, 1706). Ger. organist and composer. Deputy org., St Stephen's Cath., Vienna, 1673-6. Court org. Eisenach 1677. Org., Protestant Predigerkirche, Erfurt, 1678-90. Court org., Stuttgart, 1690-2. Org., St Sebald, Nuremberg, 1695-1706. His comps. influenced Bach. Works incl. Hexachordum Apollinis (1699), 6 sets of airs and variations for hpd.; 78 chorale preludes (1693), incl. Ein' feste Burg, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, Vom Himmel hoch, etc.; Aria Sebaldina, variations in F minor for hpd.; Canon and Gigue in D for 3 vns. and continuo; Chaconne and 13 variations for hpd., etc. His church music, for long disregarded, has been highly revalued, particularly his sacred concertos and his 13 settings of the Magnificat. |
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