Johann Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo mostly fell off the orchestral playlist after his death in 1706. Almost 300 years later, though, French conductor Jean-François Paillard put it on vinyl and and had a hit.
And now it is a standard.
A canon, by the way, is compositional technique that repeats a variation of a melody. A gigue is a dance. It’s from whence the word “jig” comes.
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-2-17 French conductor Jean-François Paillard