
Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The John Philip Sousa band performed a transcription of the piece in Rochester, NY on November 12, 1894. Listen to your favorite songs from Bach: Minuet in G Major, BWV.Gaspar Cassadó arranged it for cello and piano. 114 Score Key: G major (Sounding Pitch) ( View more G major Music for Guitar ) Tempo Marking: Moderato 144 Duration: 1:40.Type: Original: Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 to 1750). For piano solo, compiled by J.S.Bach for his second wife. Fritz Kreisler arranged it for violin and piano, and recorded it with the composer at the piano No 4 from A Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, which was a collection of domestic pieces Bach made for his wife and family. Minuet in G Major is probably one of the most famous Minuet pieces for piano and other keyboard instruments.It has also been arranged for other instruments: In its original form as a solo piano piece, it has received a large number of recordings, from Paderewski himself, to Sergei Rachmaninoff, Josef Hofmann, Ignaz Friedman, Shura Cherkassky, through to the pianists of today such as Roger Woodward, Stephen Hough and Adam Wodnicki. The minuet was written in 1887, the first of six pieces making up his Humoresques de concert, Op. 14/1, is a short piano composition by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, which became world-famous, overshadowing his more major works such as the Symphony in B minor "Polonia", the Piano Concerto in A minor, and the opera Manru.
