Written for the bass and the violin and for small rooms, this song is not limited to that today.
One performer plays each separate part of the music. This type of music is for a small group of instrumentalists. Chamber music is a form of classical music originally intended for performance in a palace chamber. This canon was the only one that Pachelbel wrote. It’s now called, in regular parlance, the Canon in D (or D Major). Its exact name is ‘Canon and Gigue in D Major for three Violins and Basso Continuo’. Its melody and harmony are such that, when heard, spur an “I know this song” reaction in listeners. It’s a piece of music that is played in commercials, feature films, and shopping mall music systems. The Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel is a composition well known throughout the world.
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