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The "Pachelbel Canon" is a piece, sometimes called Canon and Gigue in D or Canon in D, and in 1982, pianist George Winston included his "Variations on the Kanon by Johann Pachelbel" with his solo piano album in December. When I first started playing in Phoenix, the Assistant Pastor at the Historic First Presbyterian Church of Phoenix asked me to play for their wedding. This is a church that had a really big pipe organ. When I went there to practice, the pastor came down and said, "Well, do you want the organ job?". So I took the job and played there for some time. It's funny though because at that time, George Winston hadn't written the music to this piece yet, so I had to write it out by hand. I'm still using my version of it this day, and it isn't too different from what George Winston published, so I never got around to getting his official version. You can see it in the video and I'll post it on the blog page, in my website. Hopefully you enjoy it.
By Donna Marie HartleyThe "Pachelbel Canon" is a piece, sometimes called Canon and Gigue in D or Canon in D, and in 1982, pianist George Winston included his "Variations on the Kanon by Johann Pachelbel" with his solo piano album in December. When I first started playing in Phoenix, the Assistant Pastor at the Historic First Presbyterian Church of Phoenix asked me to play for their wedding. This is a church that had a really big pipe organ. When I went there to practice, the pastor came down and said, "Well, do you want the organ job?". So I took the job and played there for some time. It's funny though because at that time, George Winston hadn't written the music to this piece yet, so I had to write it out by hand. I'm still using my version of it this day, and it isn't too different from what George Winston published, so I never got around to getting his official version. You can see it in the video and I'll post it on the blog page, in my website. Hopefully you enjoy it.