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As a child, Pachelbel showed great promise both academically and musically.
Pachelbel’s skill as an organist was unrivaled in his day.
After Pachelbel’s first wife and child died, he remarried and went on to have seven children.
Many of Pachelbel’s compositions were never published, and did not survive.
One of Pachelbel’s students was J.C. Bach, who later passed on his expertise to his younger brother, J.S. Bach.
Pachelbel mainly wrote sacred music for both Catholic and Protestant churches.
Though Pachelbel was quite famous in his day, today he is mainly known for just one piece: his Canon in D.
Pachelbel was a prolific composer who wrote more than 500 pieces in his lifetime.
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