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
Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach I", followed by the sixth Partita, BWV 830, from that opus. The Minuet in G major, BWV 841, is also contained in the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. The prelude of Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered Clavier" appears in a short version in the second Notebook. No. 26 in the second Notebook is the aria with which the "Goldberg Variations" start: The Air with variations in C minor, BWV 991, is a fragment contained in the first Notebook. The Minuet in F major, BWV Anh. 113, is No. 3 in the second Notebook. Its