Pachelbel and His Canon - Music Appreciation 

This famous work was hardly played between the death of Pachelbel and a revival of the piece during the 1960’s, since when it has been performed throughout the world in many contexts and new arrangements. This music appreciation lesson explores the repeated bass line (the ostinato) and repeated chord pattern that goes on throughout the piece following a pattern known as the Romanesca. The bass and chord pattern repeats 28 times while a series of 12 variations unfold above the bass in the three violin parts, which are presented in canon. Besides providing background and context to this famous Canon in D, the work is unpacked and analysed before covering a number of modern songs that embrace Pachelbel’s Romanesca pattern.
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🕘 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to Pachelbel and his canon
0:32 - Background of the piece
2:32 - How the Basso Continuo worked
6:00 - What is a musical canon?
7:46 - What's a chaconne?
8:19 - When and why was the canon written?
15:31 - The ostinato bass line
18:05 - Analysis of the chords
20:34 - Romanesca pattern
22:23 - Structure of the work
25:57 - Variations of the melodic patterns
29:56 - Modern music influenced by Pachelbel's canon
31:53 - Conclusion
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