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6 unusual facts about Pachelbel's Canon


Giovanni Picchi

Most of the works with ground bass use some type of romanesca pattern, consisting of a line descending by fourth, rising by step, then descending again by fourth or fifth, rising by step, and so forth (the Pachelbel Canon, probably written several decades after Picchi's death, is probably the most famous example of variations over a romanesca bass).

Heavy Competition

Andy presents a recording of his a cappella group singing Pachelbel's Canon segueing into the Paul Simon song "You Can Call Me Al".

Ordinary People

Pachelbel's Canon, used as thematic and background music, enjoyed a surge in popularity as a result.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

In support of Red Nose Day 2013, More-Pietch set herself the challenge of learning eight notes on the cello in seven days, as part of a comic rendition of Pachelbel's Canon.

The End of Evangelion

Among the other pieces included are Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (I. Prélude), Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (transcribed for piano and later played again with string instruments in the end credits), and Pachelbel's Canon.

Utopia: The Creation of a Nation

One of the four available background musics in Utopia is Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D, a classical melody.


Canon of Trent

The list confirmed that the deuterocanonical books were on a par with the other books of the canon (while Luther placed these books in the Apocrypha of his canon) and ended debate on the Antilegomena and coordinated church tradition with the Scriptures as a rule of faith.

Clang of the Yankee Reaper

Track 10, listed as Pachelbel's Canon in D is in actuality Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott by Martin Luther, or as it is known in English, A Mighty Fortress is Our God.

Erster Theil etlicher Choräle

The chorale Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, associated variously with Epiphany (holiday), Whit, Annunciation, and Sundays after Trinity, is set by Pachelbel as a three-voice prelude with the chorale in the bass voice.

Isn't Life Strange

"Isn't Life Strange" is a 1972 single by the English progressive rock band The Moody Blues, which was based on Pachelbel's Canon In D.

JerryC

He is best known for his song "Canon Rock", a rock arrangement of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D.

Luther's canon

In his book Basic Theology, Charles Caldwell Ryrie countered the claim that Luther rejected the Book of James as being canonical.


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