Pachelbel's Canon was originally written for three violins, she explained, but it can easily be arranged for a string quartet or the organ, keyboard and synthesizers, all creating a different ...

Smirnoff is president of the Cleveland Institute of Music, but is best known for his contributions to the Juilliard String Quartet over 23 years (1986-2008).

How did Pachelbel write his Canon in D? It’s easy to be distracted by the tight harmonies and the three pretty violin tunes, but Pachelbel’s approach to writing the music was almost mathematical. He ...

Regardless, in the case of Canon in D legality is not in question as copyright disappears 70 years after the author’s death. Johann Pachelbel died in 1706 as somewhat of a one hit wonder himself, ...

How did Canon in D become ‘the wedding song’? It’s hard to imagine a time when this piece wasn’t a firm favourite at weddings, but in reality, not very much is known about Pachelbel’s most famous ...