Sunday, August 29, 2021

August 29 - Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for August 29th are here: Charlie Parker (2019) and Michael Jackson; Dinah Washington (2020)

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Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (bapt. 29 August 1686 – 1764) was a German composer and organist , the elder son of Johann Pachel

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close to the Tree

Pachelbel! (You know the one.)

Well, it seems he had a son

Who, working in his father’s sphere

Had a long successful career.


Of his works we've been deprived,

For almost none of them survived.

And thus (thank God) there is no canon,

Despite the clan that he began in!

 

 

 

 

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