Johann Pachelbel
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Johann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer and organist best known for his Canon in D, one of the most famous pieces in Western classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johann Pachelbel canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8543469 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Pachelbel Context triple: [Rain and Tears, basedOnWorkBy, Johann Pachelbel]
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A.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a Baroque-era German composer and musician renowned for his complex, expressive works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor, and The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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B.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Dieterich Buxtehude was a prominent German-Danish Baroque composer and organist whose innovative keyboard and sacred music profoundly shaped the development of later composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach.
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C.
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz was a seminal early Baroque German composer whose sacred and secular vocal works helped lay the foundations for German music before Bach.
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D.
Johann Buxtehude
Johann Buxtehude was the father of the renowned Baroque composer and organist Dieterich Buxtehude, belonging to the same North German musical family.
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E.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann was a prolific German Baroque composer and contemporary of J.S. Bach, renowned for his vast output of instrumental and vocal music and his significant influence on later composers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Pachelbel Target entity description: Johann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer and organist best known for his Canon in D, one of the most famous pieces in Western classical music.
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A.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a Baroque-era German composer and musician renowned for his complex, expressive works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor, and The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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B.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Dieterich Buxtehude was a prominent German-Danish Baroque composer and organist whose innovative keyboard and sacred music profoundly shaped the development of later composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach.
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C.
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz was a seminal early Baroque German composer whose sacred and secular vocal works helped lay the foundations for German music before Bach.
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D.
Johann Buxtehude
Johann Buxtehude was the father of the renowned Baroque composer and organist Dieterich Buxtehude, belonging to the same North German musical family.
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E.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann was a prolific German Baroque composer and contemporary of J.S. Bach, renowned for his vast output of instrumental and vocal music and his significant influence on later composers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque composer
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Rochus Cemetery, Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1653-09-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1706-03-03 ⓘ |
| employer |
Court of Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
NERFINISHED
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Predigerkirche, Erfurt NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Sebaldus Church, Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ Württemberg court at Stuttgart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Pachelbel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Charles Theodore Pachelbel
NERFINISHED
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Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chamber music
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keyboard music ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| fullName | Johann Pachelbel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Baroque music ⓘ |
| givenName | Johann ⓘ |
| influenced |
Johann Christoph Bach
NERFINISHED
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Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Johann Caspar Kerll
NERFINISHED
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Johann Jakob Froberger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
harpsichord
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organ ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor | Canon in D, one of the most famous pieces in Western classical music ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Canon and Gigue in D major for three violins and basso continuo
NERFINISHED
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Canon in D NERFINISHED ⓘ Erster Theil etlicher Choräle NERFINISHED ⓘ Hexachordum Apollinis NERFINISHED ⓘ Musicalische Ergötzung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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organist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
NERFINISHED
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Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Barbara Gabler
NERFINISHED
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Judith Drommer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Georg Caspar Wecker
NERFINISHED
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Kaspar Prentz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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