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
G major benediction". Of Domenico Scarlatti's 555 keyboard sonatas, G major is the home key for 69, or about 12.4%, sonatas. In the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, "G major is often a key of chain rhythms", according to Alfred Einstein, although Bach also used the key for some -based works, including his third and fourth "Brandenburg Concertos". Pianist Jeremy Denk observes that the "Goldberg Variations" are 80 minutes in G major. Twelve of Joseph Haydn's 104 Symphonies are in G major. Likewise, one of Haydn's most famous piano trios, No. 39 (with the "Gypsy Rondo"), and one of his last two