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…
Artist details
- Type
- Person
- Area
- Germany
- Born
- 1677
- Died
- June 2nd, 1733
- Labels
- Capriccio