Pachelbel Canon for Piano Original

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TheodoreDresserCompany bryn Mawr,Dennsylvania 19O1O

JohannPachelbel(1653-1706), outstandingSouthGermancomposer-organist of the pre-Bachera, composedthis canonfor threeviolins with keyboardaccompaniment. As was the generalpracticeof the period the accompanimentwasnotatedonly with a bassline (bossocontinuo). This continually recurring eight-notebasspart (basso ostinato) also indicatedthe harmonic texture which the performer filled in in a freely improvisedmanner. In this piano versionall the thematicmaterialsare from the original, the accompaniment patterns(broken chords, etc.) are by the transcriber.Dynamic and phrasing marks are also editorial additions.All this is well within the boundariesof stylistic baroqueperformancepracticeswhich allowedthe performerconsiderablelatitudes. One final suggestionfor the player of today. Contrapuntalforms and texturesare not incompatible with expressiveinterpretation. Romantic sentimentalityis, of course,out of the question,but deepfeeling, evenpassionare not.

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