Pachelbel Toccata in G minor ("Serendipity") POP 283

Johann Pachelbel was born in 1653 in Nüremberg, where he died on March 9th, 1706. He was a contemporary of Georg Böhm, . Fischer, N. Brühns, A. Raison. G. Julien, F. Couperin and H. Purcell. For 12 years organist in Erfurt (1678-1690) and for 11 in Nüremberg (1695-1706), he was in charge of musical education of J. Christoph Bach, Johann Sebastian’s elder brother and first teacher, who was totally familiar with his organ music, which passed down to us the southern tradition rooted in Frescobaldi and transmitted by Froberger and Poglietti. Although utterly distant in style from Dieterich Buxtehude, Pachelbel, a world wide acknowledged melodist in the realm of poliphony, was an admirer of the great northern master, to whom in 1699 he dedicated his “Hexachordum Apollinis“ (for harpsichord or organ), a celebrated masterpiece containing the famous and cherished “Aria Sebaldina“ in F minor (POP 6). During his 52 years of life, Johann Pachelbel could play only small,