Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 in the notebook. The Minuet in G major and its companion are two of the many anonymous works included. In the 1970s, the Minuet in G major was identified as a piece from a harpsichord suite by Dresden organist Christian Petzold. The melody from the 1965 pop song "A Lover's Concerto", written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, was based on the Minuet in G major. The song was recorded by the girl group The Toys and reached number 2 in the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 5 in the UK Singles Chart. "A Lover's Concerto" sold
Minuet in G (Paderewski) Minuet in G (Paderewski) The Minuet in G, Op. 14/1, is a short piano composition by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, which became world-famous, overshadowing his more major works such as the Symphony in B minor "Polonia", the Piano Concerto in A minor, and the opera "Manru". The John Philip Sousa band performed a transcription of the piece in Rochester, NY on November 12, 1894. (Warfield 2011, p. 310). The minuet was written in 1887, the first of six pieces making up his "Humoresques de concert", Op. 14. The full set is in two books: Book I ("à l'Antique") Book II ("moderne")