Johann Pachelbel
Canon
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon
- Instrumentation Brass Band
- Composer Johann Pachelbel
- Editor David Marlatt
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- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Eighth Note Publications
- Order no. BB205
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Description:
Canon by Johann Pachelbel is one of the most famous and recognizable pieces of classical music. The treatment of the melody in this arrangement follows a popular Baroque tradition, the concerto grosso. This technique utilizes a small group of soloists that were supported by the remainder of the ensemble. In this arrangement, the solo instruments are 2 solo cornets and 2 euphoniums which have the majority of the technically scalar passages as well as the lyrical melody line. The chamber sound created by this arrangement is a welcome variation from the tutti sound that is commonly found in brass band writing.