Thematic Catalogue of the Musical Works of Johann Pachelbel

Author: Jean M. Perreault, Donna K. Fitch and Christoph Wolff

This Catalogue provides scholars and performers with a survey of the breadth and variety of the repertoire of the composer who Christoph Wolff describes as "one of the most seminal and influential musicians of the pre-Bach generation in Germany."

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This Catalogue provides scholars and performers with a survey of the breadth and variety of the repertoire of the composer about whom Christoph Wolff describes as one of the most seminal and influential musicians of the pre-Bach generation in Germany. Pachelbel composed the majority of his 527 works for keyboard instruments, as well as choral, vocal and chamber music and the Catalogue presents incipits for each that can be identified. The list of works is intended to determine the totality of the corpus and knowledge about it, to determine the best means of identifying each work, and to settle problems of identity among similarly titled works. An essay on authorities examines the controversies of authenticity of Pachelbel manuscripts.

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“...this is a beautifully detailed and lovingly constructed project. The work radiates the warmth and dedication of its author and editor from cover to cover. This is more than a music reference tool; it is a creation with both a heart and a soul.”

"This [book] will surely earn [Perreault] the gratitude of scores of scholars and performers." - Christoph Wolff (from the Foreword), William Powell Mason Professor of Music, Harvard University"

About the Author

Jean M. Perreault was professor emeritus of bibliography and consultant for special collections and archives at the M. Louis Salmon Library, University of Alabama in Huntsville. He died in May 2001. Donna K. Fitch is a web designer and editor at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Jean Perreault was her stepfather.

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This Catalogue provides scholars and performers with a survey of the breadth and variety of the repertoire of the composer whom Christoph Wolff describes as "one of the most seminal and influential musicians of the pre-Bach generation in Germany." Pachelbel composed the majority of his 527 works for keyboard instruments, as well as choral, vocal, and chamber music. The Catalogue presents incipits for each that can be identified. The list of works is intended to determine the totality of the corpus and knowledge about it, to determine the best means of identifying each work, and to settle problems of identity among similarly titled works. An essay on authorities examines the controversies of authenticity of Pachelbel manuscripts. Liberally footnoted and meticulously compiled, the Catalogue is invaluable to those familiar with Pachelbel's compositions and will create new interest.