![]() And of course, ‘The Toys’ added a few little tweaks to the original piece in order to update the song for its 1960s pop/rock version.įirst off, the instrumentation is certainly different, with “A Lover’s Concerto” featuring vocals, lyrics, drums, bass, guitar, and horns. As mentioned, we now know that it was really Christian Petzold. “ A Lover’s Concerto” is in fact the same song as “Minuet in G,” written 24o years earlier and it sold more than two million copies! For years, classical music fans giggled at the idea that Johann Sebastian Bach had written a pop/rock vocal hit. Well if you didn’t catch it right away let me fill you in. There was, at the time, a female vocal trio from New York who called themselves ‘The Toys’… and they had a smash hit called “ A Lover’s Concerto.” Check it out, using some critical listening skills, and see if it rings a bell. Pop, rock, R&B, jazz, folk, country – all were being explored, pioneered, and championed. The ’60s were quite an exciting time in American music. For this reason, it was not until about 1970 that it was discovered that “Minuet in G” was actually written by another German organist by the name of Christian Petzold, likely as part of a harpsichord suite he had written. However, some of the pieces in Anna Magdalena’s 1725 notebook were anonymous. This piece, “ Minuet in G,” was attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, and for hundreds of years it was widely thought that he was the composer. One of the pieces in the notebook (which is now referred to as “the notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, 1725”) was the piece “ Minuet in G.” Many of us recognize this piece just from the opening few measures. Such a gift was probably the equivalent of a 17th century mixtape. In the year 1725, Bach presented Anna Magdalena with a notebook full of sheet music by various composers, including pieces written by Bach himself. Bach was married to a woman by the name of Anna Magdalena (this was Bach’s second wife).
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