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(1653-1706), JohannPachelbel outstanding SouthGermancomposer-organist the of pre-Bachera, composed this canonfor threeviolins with keyboardaccompaniment. As was the generalpracticeof the period the accompaniment notatedonly with was 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 boundaries stylistic of practices baroqueperformance which allowedthe performerconsiderable latitudes. One final suggestion the player of today. Contrapuntalforms and texturesare for not incompatible with expressive interpretation. Romantic sentimentalityis, of question,but deepfeeling, evenpassionare not. course,out of the

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