Minuet in G major
by Christian Petzold
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- Key
- G major
- Tempo
- ♩ = 120
- Time
- 3/4
- Bars
- 8
- Level
- Beginner · Difficulty 3 of 10
- Genre
- Classical
- Origin
- Germany
- Composer
- Christian Petzold (1677–1733)
About this piece
A court dance in three, first printed in a notebook kept by Anna Magdalena Bach. The tune is built from short phrases that answer each other, with stepwise runs of eighth notes.
Long printed in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, so it is often credited to J. S. Bach; it is by Christian Petzold. The left hand is our own simple accompaniment.
Why it is free to use
Christian Petzold died in 1733, more than 70 years ago, and the piece dates from about 1725. This encoding is our own; no published edition was copied.
About this score
This score of Minuet in G major is a short excerpt (the opening, or the first verse of the song), not the whole piece. It was written by SampLab Pro from the public-domain music. It is not copied from any printed edition, MIDI file or recording. We place our score in the public domain (CC0 1.0): anyone may copy, change, share and use it, including commercially, without asking. The left hand was written note by note.