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
Christian Petzold (composer) compiled by Anna Magdalena Bach and her husband Johann Sebastian Bach. One of these minuets, the Minuet in G major, achieved wide recognition, but for centuries was attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. Petzold's authorship was only established in the 1970s. 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