Pachelbel's Canon
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Pachelbel's Canon is an accompanied canon by German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. The canon was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo and paired with a gigue, known as Canon and
First page of manuscript Mus. 16481-8 at Berlin State Library—oldest surviving copy of Pachelbel's "Canon and Gigue in D major"
Jean-François Paillard
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Jean-François Paillard was a French conductor.
Pachelbel's Canon
…1842. Like his other works, Pachelbel's Canon went out of style, and remained in obscurity for centuries. A 1968 arrangement and recording of it by the Jean-François Paillard chamber orchestra gained popularity over the next decade, and in the 1970s the piece began to be recorded by many ensembles, while elements of the…
Jean François Paillard