Love it or hate it, Pachelbel’s Canon in D is one of the most famous pieces of classical music of all time, but the facts behind the composition aren’t as well known. Classic FM busts the myths behind ...

If you’ve always thought Pachelbel’s Canon in D was reserved only for weddings and times of intense tranquility, think again. We’ve seen the work of guitarist and YouTube star Laura Lāce before, but ...

Of course you know Johann Pachelbel, thanks at least to the ubiquitous “Canon in D.” He probably did write it, although its earliest surviving source dates from a good century after his death, where ...

As wedding traditions evolve, it becomes increasingly common to walk down the aisle to sappy, chart-toppers by Ed Sheeran or wistful acoustic covers of classic rock hits. But Johann Pachelbel's Canon ...

The Canon is today instantly recognisable; but, quite unbelievably, it all but disappeared from our musical history for over 200 years. Unfortunately, there is conceivably an entire world of ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "I’m really excited…I think we’re going out on a limb, and I truly believe we’re going to break some ...

In our occasional series "What's in a Song," produced by the Western Folklife Center, Alaska fisherman and songwriter John Palmes has Johann Pachelbel's "Canon in D" running through his head along ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Everyone has heard the bass line of Pachelbel's canon in D, but far fewer have seen it. That was until ...

What this release – with the Pachelbel Canon, gracefully played, as its obvious draw – certainly creates is a brightly lit shop window for The English Concert’s approach to music of the 17th and 18th ...