“Pachelbel’s choral works excel in the magnificence and festive splendor of their tonal effect,
but at no point do they depart from an easy singable style. Simplicity of harmonic texture and
voice leading is a characteristic of Pachelbel’s art generally, but it asserts itself especially in
these vocal compositions. They are in the best sence of the world ‘Gebrauchsmusik’, that is,
functional music for the church service on Sundays and feast days, for these choral works are
always closely associated with the seasonal liturgical themes by means of thematic
employment of the appropriate chorale cantus firmi.” (Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht)