Who was Johann Pachelbel?
Q: Who was Johann Pachelbel?
A: Johann Pachelbel was a German composer and organist. He is very famous for his organ music, as well as other keyboard music and music for the Protestant church.
Q: Where did he grow up?
A: He grew up in Nürnberg and had his first music lessons there.
Q: What is his most popular piece of music?
A: His Canon in D has become a very popular piece of music and is often played today at church weddings and other events.
Q: Where did he study after leaving Nuremberg?
A: After leaving Nuremberg, he went to study at the university of Altdorf, but after a year he had to leave because his father could not afford to keep him. About a year later he went to study at the Gymnasium Poeticum in Regensburg. The directors of that school must have realized that he was an extremely talented musician, because they made an extra scholarship for him and allowed him to have special music lessons outside the school.
Q: Where did Pachelbel go next?
A: In 1673 he went to Vienna where he was deputy organist at St Stephen’s Church. He heard a lot more music there, especially the music of the catholic composers of South Germany and Italy. After a short while at Eisenach he got the job of organist at the Predigerkirche in Erfurt.
Q: How many children did Pachelbel have?
A: Pachelbel had seven children; two daughters from his first marriage (his wife died during childbirth) and five sons from his second marriage.
Q: Who did Johann Pachelbel teach ?
A: Johann Pachelbel taught Johann Christoph Bach who later taught Johann Sebastian Bach
