A Lover's Concerto the familiar "Minuet in G major" (BWV Anh. 114) from J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach". One key difference is that the "Minuet in G major" is written in 3/4 time, whereas "A Lover's Concerto" is arranged in 4/4 time. Although often attributed to Bach himself, the "Minuet in G major" is now believed to have been written by Christian Petzold. The melody had been popularized by bandleader Freddy Martin in the 1940s; Martin's recording was released under the title "A Lover's Concerto". In subsequent years, "A Lover's Concerto" has been recorded by numerous other notable artists, including Cilla
Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach one of the rare Bach concerto first movements in da capo "A–B–A" form. In 1845 Ignaz Moscheles performed the concerto in London. Scoring: harpsichord solo, violin I/II, viola, continuo (cello, violone) Length: c. 14 minutes While scholars agree that the concerto BWV 1055 is based on a lost original, different theories have been proposed for the instrument Bach used in that original. That it was an oboe d'amore was proposed in 1936 by Donald Francis Tovey, in 1957 by Ulrich Siegele, in 1975 by Wilfried Fischer, and in 2008 by Pieter Dirksen. Alternatively, Wilhelm Mohr argued in 1972 that the