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 but the form itself can be traced back to Haydn. The minuet and trio eventually became the standard third movement in the four-movement classical symphony, Johann Stamitz being the first to employ it thus with regularity. An example of the true form of the minuet is to be found in "Don Giovanni". A famous example of a more recent instrumental work in minuet form is Ignacy Jan Paderewski's Minuet in G. Minuet A minuet (; also spelled "menuet") is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in time. The word was adapted from Italian "minuetto" and French