COMPOSER

Johann Pachelbel

1653 - 1706

Photo of Johann Pachelbel

Icon of person Johann Pachelbel

Johann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel; baptised 11 September [O.S. 1 September] 1653 – buried 9 March 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most important composers of the middle Baroque era. Pachelbel's music enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime; he had many pupils and his music became a model for the composers of south and central Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Pachelbel has received more than 1,861,563 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Johann Pachelbel is the 80th most popular composer (down from 72nd in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Germany (down from 177th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Composer.

Johann Pachelbel is most famous for his Canon in D Major.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johann Pachelbel ranks 80 out of 1,451. Before him are Franz Lehár, Alexander Borodin, Leoš Janáček, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and Hans Zimmer. After him are Mikis Theodorakis, Alban Berg, Carl Czerny, Josquin des Prez, Nino Rota, and George Gershwin.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1653, Johann Pachelbel ranks 2. Before him is Arcangelo Corelli. After him are Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Prince George of Denmark, André-Hercule de Fleury, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Georg Muffat, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Maria Amalia of Courland, Carlo Ruzzini, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Among people deceased in 1706, Johann Pachelbel ranks 1. After him are Pierre Bayle, Peter II of Portugal, 6th Dalai Lama, Kimpa Vita, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Andreas Werckmeister, Rahman Baba, Georg Joseph Kamel, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Ferdinand de Marsin, and Godfried Schalcken.

Others Born in 1653

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1706

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Pachelbel ranks 228 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Ulbricht (1893), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Hans Zimmer (1957), Max Stirner (1806), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), and Matthias Grünewald (1480). After him are Johannes Stark (1874), Magda Goebbels (1901), Otto von Guericke (1602), Max Scheler (1874), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), and Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johann Pachelbel ranks 18. Before him are Carl Orff (1895), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), and Hans Zimmer (1957). After him are Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Paul Hindemith (1895), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), and Fanny Mendelssohn (1805).

German born Composers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous