Chaconne in F minor

One of the six surviving chaconnes by the composer, it is one of his best known organ works.

[1] The manuscript is currently in possession of the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels (catalogue number MS II.3911) and contains seven groups of pieces, each containing a chaconne.

Another chaconne from the same source, in A major, is also attributed to Pachelbel, but the piece has yet to be examined by the experts (it is included as one of doubtful authorship in the Perreault catalogue, PWC 44).

There are also four anonymous chaconnes, possibly composed by a pupil of Pachelbel.

The ostinato bass pattern is not kept intact in all variations, and disappears in some, anticipating[clarification needed] similar passages in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582.