On this day, 319 years ago, on March 9, 1706 (January 25, 1706 in the lunar calendar), the famous German Kanon writer Pachbel passed away. John Pachbel, JohannChristoph Pachelbel (1653/09/01--1706/03/09) was a composer and church organist in the late Baroque era in Germany. At that time, he was a quite radical composer. The organ and keyboard music he wrote in life was his main recognized creative field. In terms of Protestant religious music creation, his status was also quite high. Unfortunately, many of his works were not properly preserved, and some of them were still submerged in libraries across Germany. From an early age, Pachbel showed an interest in the pursuit of knowledge, especially music. While studying at St. Lorenz's Higher School, he also studied composition and instrumental performance with Heinrich Schwemmer and Wecker. On June 29, 1669, Pachbel entered the Altdorf school and worked as an organist in St. Lorenz's Church. A year later, Pachbel was forced to drop out of school due to financial conditions and terminated his college education. However, in the following spring, he was selected to another college for academic training because of his talent in academic knowledge. Moreover, because he had a special specialization in music, the school even allowed him to study composition outside of school under Kaspar Prentz. Under the influence of Prenz, Pachbel gradually shifted his original North German style to Italian style. Since Pachbel himself believed in the emerging Lutheran sect in Germany at that time, he followed his teacher Prenz to Vienna in 1673 and became the organist at St. Stephens Church. In the Catholic city of Vienna, Pachbel came into contact with religious music written by Catholic composers from places such as Nande and Italy, and then joined Eisenach as a court organist, the Duke of Isaac-Eisenach, known as John. The jurisdiction of Prince George. Five years later, due to the death of the prince's brother, the court funeral and the musicians were dismissed, so Pachbel left Eisenach on May 18, 1678. After this, Pachbel went to the Predigerkirche church in Erfurt. This church has strict requirements for organists. In addition to accompanying Protestant disciples in singing hymns and providing preludes to the hymns, organists cannot play impromptu, but every year they must show their experience and full play of the organ. In an exquisite concert to show that they are not people who are not people who live on a regular basis. As a result, Pachbel's organ skills were brought into play and many important organ works were published, establishing his reputation as a famous organ artist in the late Baroque period. In 1681, Pachbel married Barbara Gabler when he was twenty-eight years old. Barbara died in childbirth two years later. The following year he married Judith Drommer, a marriage that gave him seven children. Eisenach was Bach's hometown, so Pachbel was also familiar with Bach's father. He also became the godfather of Bach's sister and was also responsible for teaching Bach's brother music. After the death of Bach's father, the responsibility of educating Bach's music fell to this eldest brother, so we can say that Pachbel was Bach's master. After leaving Elte, Pachbel came to the court of Wurttemberg, located in Stugart, the jurisdiction of Duchess Magdalena Sibylla. This place gave him a lot of professional freedom. Unfortunately, the good times were not long. In the autumn of 1692, due to the French invasion, he was forced to return to his birthplace, Nuremberg, and finally moved to Gotha. The death of Weike, the former organist at St. Sebald's church in Nuremberg, who happened to be born, allowed him to successfully take over the position of teacher. He stayed here until he passed away. During his five years in Nuremberg, Bahebel wrote important religious choruses such as Magnificat and organ fugues, which are regarded as a masterpiece in his later years. The full name of Pachbel's Kanon is "Canon and Giguein D"(Kanon in D major). The song became widely known because it was used as the soundtrack for a movie named "Ordinary Man" that was nominated for the Academy Award, and "My Sassy Girlfriend" also used the song in scenes. A famous German composer of organ and keyboard music, he has made great achievements in the creation of Protestant religious music.