Sugi's (d.u.) thirty fascicles (kwŏn) of collation notes to the carving of the second Korytŏ Buddhist canon, finished around 1247, are the only extant records detailing how East Asian Buddhist ...

Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger owe their power to pedal notes, a piano ostinato, The Beatles and Pachelbel's Canon in D ...

How did Canon in D become ‘the wedding song’? It’s hard to imagine a time when this piece wasn’t a firm favourite at weddings, but in reality, not very much is known about Pachelbel’s most famous ...

But to some, Canon in D would resonate even more for weddings because trumpets were “more tada-ish,” Ms. Sisman said, while the Pachelbel, on strings, had a more intimate-sounding aesthetic.

In ‘Memories’, Maroon 5 take Pachelbel’s eight-note harmonic progression (I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V), set it in B major and repeat it throughout their hit, as in the style of the original. Not content just ...

Learn more about "Hosanna in Excelsis: Based in Canon in D", and Mack Wilberg’s choral adaptation of this music for the 'Season of Light' Christmas special.