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Pachelbel - Canon in D
Sheet music for cello
| Info: | Pachelbel's Canon is the name commonly given to a canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel in his Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo, sometimes referred to as Canon and Gigue in D or simply Canon in D. Neither the date nor the circumstances of its composition are known, and the oldest surviving manuscript copy of the piece dates from the 19th century. |
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| Artist: | Johann Pachelbel |
| Born: | 1 September 1653, Nuremberg |
| Died: | 9 March 1706, Nuremberg |
| The artist: | German composer, organist and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its 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. |
| Instrument: | Cello |
| Key: | D major |
| Range: | D2 - D4 |
| Time signature: | 4/4 |
| Tempo: | 70 BPM |
| Duration: | 3:15 |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Style: | Classical |
