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Canon
(over a bassoOstinato)
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TheodoreDresserCompany
bryn Mawr,Dennsylvania
19O1O
JohannPachelbel(1653-1706),
outstandingSouthGermancomposer-organist
of the
pre-Bachera, composedthis canonfor threeviolins with keyboardaccompaniment.
As was the generalpracticeof the period the accompanimentwasnotatedonly with
a bassline (bossocontinuo). This continually recurring eight-notebasspart (basso
ostinato) also indicatedthe harmonic texture which the performer filled in in a freely
improvisedmanner.
In this piano versionall the thematicmaterialsare from the original, the accompaniment patterns(broken chords, etc.) are by the transcriber.Dynamic and phrasing
marks are also editorial additions.All this is well within the boundariesof stylistic
baroqueperformancepracticeswhich allowedthe performerconsiderablelatitudes.
One final suggestionfor the player of today. Contrapuntalforms and texturesare
not incompatible with expressiveinterpretation. Romantic sentimentalityis, of
course,out of the question,but deepfeeling, evenpassionare not.
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