Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue (Seiffert)
Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue (Seiffert)
- Instrumentation String Orchestra
- Composer Johann Pachelbel
- Editor Max Seiffert
- Series Kalmus Orchestra Library
- Edition Score
- Publisher Edwin F. Kalmus
- Order no. K-A111401
Description:
Originally written in between 1680 and 1706, Johann Pachelbel's (1653-1706) famous canon, Canon in D is often paired with a gigue. Both movements are in the key of D major. Though Pachelbel's Canon and Gigue remain in obscurity for centuries, it regained popularity in 1968 with a recording by the Jean-François Paillard chamber orchestra and has countiued popularity. This edition is by Max Seiffert. Instrumentation: Str (3 Vn pts - 3-3-3-0-3-0): Hpchd in Sc.