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
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (J. C. F. Bach) autograph manuscript of the score is kept in Berlin, Westdeutsche Bibliothek-Marburg, Ms. P. 379. The motet was recorded, among others, by the Rheinische Kantorei under the direction of Hermann Max Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (J. C. F. Bach) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Wake, o wake and hear the voices), Wf XV:2, is a German chorale motet composed around 1780 by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, a son of Johann Sebastian Bach. It is based on Philipp Nicolai's hymn "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme". The motet in E-flat major is written for a four-part choir. It is