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Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold (1677 – 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 1965 pop music hit "A Love…

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Type
Person
Area
Germany
Born
1677
Died
June 2nd, 1733
Labels
Capriccio
Last updated: October 21st, 2016