Johann Pachelbel: Baroque Pioneer

Johann Pachelbel

A leading German composer, organist, and music teacher of the Middle Baroque period. He developed the South German Organ School and contributed significantly to the development of chorale preludes and fugues. He was active in Nuremberg, Altdorf, Regensburg, Vienna, Eisenach, Erfurt, Stuttgart, and Gotha, before serving in his final years as organist at St. Sebaldus Church in his hometown of Nuremberg. Particularly renowned for his *Canon and Gigue in D Major*, he left behind numerous sacred works, keyboard pieces, and chamber music. He was also close friends with the family of Johann Sebastian Bach and is known as the teacher of Bach's older brother, Johann Christoph Bach.

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1653	Birth of Johann Pachelbel (Period: September 1, 1653 (date of baptism), Location: Nuremberg (present-day Bavaria, Germany))
1660	Music Education in Nuremberg (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 6 years old, Period: Early 1660s–1669, Location: Nuremberg (present-day Germany))
1669	Organist Activities in Altdorf (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 15 years old, Period: 1669, Location: Altdorf (present-day Bavaria, Germany)) Enrollment at the University of Altdorf (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 15 years old, Period: June 29, 1669, Location: Altdorf (present-day Bavaria, Germany))
1670	Music Studies in Regensburg (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 16 years old, Period: 1670–1673, Location: Regensburg (present-day Bavaria, Germany))
1673	Activities as Organist of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 19 years old, Period: 1673–1677, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1677	Appointment as Eisenach Court Organist (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 23 years old, Period: 1677–1678, Location: Eisenach (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1678	Appointment as Organist of the Predigerkirche in Erfurt (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 24 years old, Period: 1678–1690, Location: Erfurt (present-day Thuringia, Germany)) Interactions with the Johann Sebastian Bach Family (Age: 24 years old, Period: c. 1678–1690, Location: Erfurt and Thuringia Region)
1681	Marriage (Johann Pachelbel, Barbara Gabler, Age: 28 years old, Period: October 25, 1681, Location: Erfurt (bride's father's house))
1683	Plague Epidemic in Erfurt (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1683, Location: Erfurt (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1684	Marriage (Johann Pachelbel, Juditha Drommer, Age: 30 years old, Period: August 24, 1684, Location: Erfurt (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1688	Nine Years' War (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1688–1697, Location: Rhineland, German States, Spanish Netherlands, and Western Europe)
1690	Appointment as Stuttgart Court Musician (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 36 years old, Period: 1690–1692, Location: Stuttgart (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany))
1692	French Invasion and Entry into Stuttgart (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1692, Location: Stuttgart (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany)) Appointment as Organist of Gotha (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 38 years old, Period: 1692–1695, Location: Gotha (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1694	Attendance at the Wedding of Johann Christoph Bach (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 41 years old, Period: October 23, 1694, Location: Ohrdruf (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1695	Invitation by the City of Nuremberg as Organist for St. Sebaldus Church (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1695, Location: Nuremberg (present-day Germany)) Appointment as Organist of St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg (Johann Pachelbel, Age: 41 years old, Period: 1695–1706, Location: Nuremberg (present-day Germany))
1699	Publication of Hexachordum Apollinis (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1699, Location: Nuremberg (present-day Germany))
1706	Death of Johann Pachelbel (Age: 52 years old, Period: c. March 1706 (theories suggest around March 3 or March 7; buried on March 9))

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