English name: Pachelbel, Johann

Date of birth: 1653/9/1-176/3/9

Nationality: Germany

Music School: Baroque

Life introduction. At that time, he was a radical composer. His organ and keyboard music were his main creative fields, and his position in Protestant religious music creation was also quite high. Unfortunately, most of his works were not properly preserved, and some of them were still submerged in libraries all over Germany.

Pahaebel showed his interest in the pursuit of knowledge, especially music, from an early age. While studying in St. Lorenz College, he also studied the techniques of composing music and instrumental performance with Heinrich Schwemmer and Wecker. On June 29th, 1669, Pahaebel entered Altdorf School and worked as an organist in St Lorenz Church. A year later, Pahaebel was forced to drop out of school because of his financial situation and terminated his college education. However, in the following spring, because of his talent in academic knowledge, he was selected to another college for scholar training, and because of his special expertise in music, the school even chartered him to study composition with Kaspar Prentz outside school. Under the influence of Prenz, Pahaebel gradually turned his original North German style to Italian style.

Because Pahaebel himself believed in the new Lutheran Sect in Germany at that time, he followed his teacher Prenz to Vienna in 1673 and became an organist in St. Stephen's Church. In Vienna, a Catholic city, Pahaebel was exposed to religious music written by Catholic composers in Nande and Italy, and then he joined Eisenach as a court organist, which is the jurisdiction of Prince John George, the Duke of Isaacson-Eisenach. Five years later, due to the death of the prince's brother, the court mourned and the musicians were all abolished, so Pahai Bell left Eisenach on May 18th, 1678. After that, Pahaebel came to Predigerkirche in Erfurt. This church has strict requirements for organists. Apart from accompanying disciples of new sects to sing hymns and providing a prelude to hymns, organists can't improvise, but every year, they should give full play to their experience in playing the organ in an exquisite concert to show that they are not vegetarian. Therefore, Pahaebel's organ technique was brought into full play, and he published many important organ works, which established his reputation as an organ master in the late Baroque period.

in p>1681, Pahaebel married Barbara Gueble at the age of 28, and Barbara died in childbirth two years later. The next year, he married Judith Drommer, and this marriage brought him seven children. Eisenach is Bach's hometown, so Pahaibel is also familiar with Bach's father. He also became the godfather of Bach's sister and was responsible for teaching Bach's brother music. After the death of Bach's father, the responsibility of educating Bach's music fell on his eldest brother, so we can say that Pahai Bell is Bach's grandparent.

after leaving Aierte, Pahaebel came to the court of Wurttemberg, which is located in Stugart, the duchess Maddalena's jurisdiction (Duchess Magdalena Sibylla). Unfortunately, the good times did not last long in the autumn of 1692. Because of the invasion of the French army, he was forced to return to his birthplace of Nuremberg and finally moved to Gotha. It happened that the original organist of St. Sebald Church in Nuremberg, who was born in Nuremberg, died, which enabled him to take over as a teacher smoothly. He stayed here until he died. During his five years in Nuremberg, Bahaibel wrote important religious choruses and organ fugues, such as Magnificat, which was regarded as his masterpiece in his later years.

Pahaebel's full name of Canon is Canon and Gigue in d Major for 3 violins and Basso Continuo (Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and bassos in D major). Because an Oscar-nominated film "Ordinary People" used it as the soundtrack, this song was widely known, and "My Wild Girlfriend" also used this work in the scene.

Pahaebel's Canon was written in 168. After 3 years, its charm remains undiminished, and it has become the most popular instrumental sketch for modern people.