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Johann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer, organist, and teacher, born in August 1653 and passing away on March 6, 1706, in Nürnberg (Nuremberg). He is recognized for bringing the south German organ tradition to its peak and composed a significant body of sacred and secular music. His contributions to the chorale prelude and fugue have established him as one of the most important composers of the middle Baroque era. Pachelbel's music was highly popular during his lifetime, and he had many pupils, with his works serving as a model for composers in south and central Germany. He is best known today for the Canon in D, the only canon he wrote, which is often regarded more as a passacaglia. His other notable works include the Chaconne in F minor, the Toccata in E minor for organ, and the Hexachordum Apollinis, a set of keyboard variations. Influenced by southern German composers like Johann Jakob Froberger and Johann Kaspar Kerll, as well as Italians such as Girolamo Frescobaldi and Alessandro Poglietti, and French composers, Pachelbel preferred a clear, uncomplicated contrapuntal style that emphasized melodic and harmonic clarity. While his music is less virtuosic and adventurous harmonically than that of Dieterich Buxtehude, he experimented with various ensembles and instrumental combinations in his chamber and vocal music, which often features rich instrumentation

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