Christian Petzold (composer) Christian Petzold (composer) Christian Petzold (1677 – before 2 June 1733) was a German composer and organist. He was active primarily in Dresden, and achieved a high reputation during his lifetime, but his surviving works are few. It was established in the 1970s that the famous Minuet in G major, previously attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, was in fact the work of Petzold. The sprightly melody was used in the 1966 pop music hit "A Lover's Concerto" by the American group The Toys. He was born in Weißig near Königstein in 1677; the exact date of birth is unknown. From
Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 devises a system of hand signals for cheating tests, which are based on certain piano pieces. One of the pieces is the first five notes of Minuet in G major. Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 The Minuet in G major is a keyboard piece included in the 1725 "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach". Until 1970, it was attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV Anh. 114), but it is now universally attributed to Christian Petzold. It is a 32-measure piece primarily in the key of G major. <score raw="1" vorbis="1"> \version "2.14.2" \header { upper = \relative c" {