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
Orchestral Suite in G minor, BWV 1070 movements. The description below is based on or copied from words by Joseph Stevenson, a music critic. Unlike those from the 4 orchestral suites known to have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach, the opening movement is a solemn piece in the form of a prelude and fugue, without a refrain of the slow introduction. The main melody of the movement has a dashing, rapid run as an upbeat figure. The movement in the submediant major (subdominant parallel) begins with a recitative-like figure, then adopts a more measured, flowing style built on the same figurations. The main minuet in G