This work is actually a passacaglia, and it draws from several contemporary variations on La Folia.
A viola pizzicato part is commonly added in performances of this piece, and a variation of it was used when the "three boys" escort Tamino and Papageno in The Magic Flute. This work is actually a passacaglia, and it draws from several contemporary variations on La Folia. Its composer also wrote the "Hexachordum Apollinis" and originally paired this work with a gigue. Each part that is not the continuo enters playing a D major scale from F sharp down to A and up to D. For 10 points, name this piece of music by Johann Pachelbel.
A viola pizzicato part is commonly added in performances of this piece, and a variation of it was used when the "three boys" escort Tamino and Papageno in The Magic Flute.
{Pachelbel's Canon} [or {Canon} in D; or {Canon} and Gigue in D major for three {Violins} and {Basso}