Variations on a Theme of Pachelbel

Variations on a Theme of Pachelbel (German: Variationen über ein Thema von Pachelbel), op. 6, is a composition for organ by Graham Waterhouse, written in 1981. A theme by Johann Pachelbel is followed by ten variations. The work was published by the Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag in 1997.

Variations on a Theme of Pachelbel
by Graham Waterhouse
The composer playing the piece in 2025
Opus	6
Year	1981 (1981)
Period	contemporary
Published	1997 (1997): Leipzig Hofmeister
Movements	11
Scoring	organ

History

Waterhouse composed the work in 1981. The theme is a chorale that Pachelbel had already treated to variation settings. It was published the same year by the Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag.^[1]