Johann Pachelbel

Pachelbel was born in 1653 in Nuremberg. He received musical training during his early youth. He married Judith Drommer. He started his professional career as an organist. He played in various locations. Then he found a steady job playing the organ for a church in Vienna. In 1677, he returned to Protestant Germany and settled in Eisenach, Thüringen. Two important events happened while he lived here. Through his appointment as court organist under Daniel Eberlin for Prince Johann Georg of Sachsen-Eisenach, he became known as not only one of the most important German organists, but also one of the most accomplished composers. Johann Pachelbel was one of the greatest composers in the Baroque era and he composed Canon, the most famous composition of the Baroque era. He died August 15, 1690.