Composer of the Week - Johann Pachelbel
Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of this little-known German composer, whose life and music, aside from his world-famous Canon, remain obscure
Composer of the Week - Johann Pachelbel - Episode 1
Donald Macleod considers how history has treated Pachelbel, and how in his music he blended the intellectual style of north Germany with the lyrical mode of the South.
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Composer of the Week - Johann Pachelbel - Episode 2
Donald Macleod follows Pachelbel's swift progression to Vienna, where Italian music was all the rage at the imperial court, and to his first professional appointments in Germany.
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Composer of the Week - Johann Pachelbel - Episode 3
Donald Macleod examines Pachelbel's relationship with the Bach family, and a shared tragedy when disaster visits the town of Erfurt.
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Composer of the Week - Johann Pachelbel - Episode 4
Donald Macleod charts how, after a period of stability in Erfurt, and with a family to support, Pachelbel strove to improve his circumstances.
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Composer of the Week - Johann Pachelbel - Episode 5
Donald Macleod looks at the achievements of Pachelbel's final years, as the most important musician in the city of Nuremberg and the whole of central Germany.
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