http://www.hdtracks.com/pachelbel-the-complete-organ-works-vol-4?___store=default128672Pachelbel: The Complete Organ Works Vol. 4http://s3.amazonaws.com/hdtrack_img/053479318121_185.jpg11.98USDInStock/Classical/BaroquePachelbel, like many of this foremost contemporaries, was somehow able to combine his professional activities as a church musician, secular musician and teacher, not to mention his responsibilities as the father of a large family, with his activities... Pachelbel, like many of this foremost contemporaries, was somehow able to combine his professional activities as a church musician, secular musician and teacher, not to mention his responsibilities as the father of a large family, with his activities as a composer. In keeping with the customs of the time, he published only a small number of his compositions, since copper engraving was an expensive process and published works had to have some special feature to make them attractive to prospective purchasers. First in Erfurt, he brought out a small collection of four chorales with variations in 1683, which he entitled Musicalische Sterbensgedancken (Musical Thoughts of Death [POP 101, 102, 103, 104]).<br />
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- Gilles Cantagrel11.98Antoine BouchardBaroque2013-10-20
