Joh. Pachelbel--Complete Works for Keyboard Instruments, Volume V, Magnificat Fugues from the London Manuscript and Joh. Pachelbel--Complete Works for Keyboard Instruments, Volume II, Fugues.(Joh. Pachelbel--Complete Works for Keyboard Instruments: Magnificat Fugues from the London Manuscript, vol. 5)(Joh. Pachelbel--Complete Works for Keyboard Instruments: Fugues, vol. 2)(Book review)

Joh. Pachelbel--Complete Works for Keyboard Instruments, Volume V, Magnificat Fugues from the London Manuscript and Joh. Pachelbel--Complete Works for Keyboard Instruments, Volume II, Fugues, edited by Michael Belotti. Wayne Leopold Editions (8510 Triad Dr., Colfax, NC 27235), 2006. 49pp. and 116 pp. $21 and $29.

These collections of Pachelbel keyboard works are playable on the piano, with only a few moments where organ pedal is required (and these can easily be rearranged). While the notes by editor Michael Belotti show the origins of these works as organ music, he points out that Pachelbel (1653-1706) wrote most of them manualiter (to be played by the hands and not the feet). Therefore, the piano teacher can find in these volumes a treasure trove of rarely played music in the baroque style preceding J. S. Bach's generation. Here, we find fugues and ricercares of clearly drawn character that also provide a musical and technical bridge to the art of high baroque counterpoint. Primarily known by students for his Canon in D, the true worth of Pachelbel's ...