Charles Theodore Pachelbel

Charles Theodore Pachelbel (baptised Carl Theodorus, also Karl Theodor) (baptized November 24, 1690 buried September 15, 1750) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist of the late Baroque era. He was the son of the more famous Johann Pachelbel, composer of the popular Canon in D. He was one of the first European composers to take up residence in the American colonies, and was the most famous musical figure in early Charleston, South Carolina. Early years - 1690 to 1732 He was born in Stuttgart and baptized in the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde (Protestant parish) there on the 24 of November 1690, son of Johann Pachelbel and his second wife Judith Drommer. The family moved to Gotha in 1692, then to Nuremberg in 1695. Nothing is...