Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D (c. 1700) {BEST VERSION}

Please support my channel: Johann Pachelbel (baptised 1 September 1653 – buried 9 March 1706; also Bachelbel) 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. Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo in D major, P. 37 (c. 1680-1706) Canon (0:00) Gigue (3:45) The Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Christopher Hogwood The circumstances of the piece&composition are wholly unknown. Hans-Joachim Schulze, writing in 1985, suggested that the piece may have been composed for Johann Christoph Bach&wedding, on 23 October 1694, which Pachelbel attended. Johann Ambrosius Bach, Pachelbel, and other friends and family provided music for the occasion. Johann Christoph Bach, the oldest brother of Johann Sebastian Bach, was a pupil of Pachelbel. Another scholar, Charles E. Brewer, investigated a variety of possible connections between Pachelbel&and Heinrich Biber&published chamber music. His research indicated that the Canon may have been composed in response to a chaconne with canonic elements which Biber published as part of Partia III of Harmonia artificioso-ariosa. That would indicate that Pachelbel&piece cannot be dated earlier than 1696, the year of publication of Biber&collection. Other dates of the...