Johann Christoph 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 rather radical composer. The organ and keyboard music he wrote during his lifetime was his main creative field. He also had a high status in the creation of Protestant religious music. Unfortunately, most of his works were not properly preserved, and some of them were still submerged in libraries all over Germany.

From an early age, Pachelbel showed an interest in intellectual pursuits, especially music. While studying at the St. Lorenz High School, he also studied composition and instrumental performance with Heinrich Schwemmer and Wecker. On June 29, 1669, Pachelbel entered the Altdorf School and became an organist at St. Lorenz Church. A year later, Pachelbel was forced to drop out of school due to financial circumstances, terminating his university education. However, the following spring he was elected to another college for academic training, and because of his expertise in music, the school allowed him to study composition with Kaspar Prentz outside of school. Under the influence of Prenz, Pachelbel gradually switched his original North German style to Italian style.

Due to his own adherence to the emerging Lutheran denomination in Germany at the time, Pahebel followed his teacher Prenzi to Vienna in 1673 and became an organist at St. Stephen's Church. In the Catholic city of Vienna, Pahebel was exposed to religious music written by Catholic composers from South Germany and Italy, and then he joined the court organist at Eisenach, Duke of Isaacson-Eisenach, Prince John George. Five years later, due to the death of the prince's brother, the court was in mourning, and the musicians were dismissed. Pahebel left Eisenach on May 18, 1678. After that, Pahebel went to the Predigerkirche church in Erfurt. The requirements for organists in this church were very strict. In addition to backing tracks for Protestant disciples to sing hymns and providing the prelude to the hymns, organists could not improvise, but every year they would play the experience and experience of playing the organ in an exquisite concert to show that they were not vegetarians. Therefore, Pahbel's organ skills were brought into play and he published many important organ works, establishing his reputation as a famous late Baroque organ master.

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, but 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.

Pachbel's full name is Canon and Gigue in D. 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.

The famous German organ and keyboard music composer made great achievements in the creation of Protestant religious music.