"1995 film ""Mr. Holland's Opus"", in which the title character, attributing the Petzold minuet to Bach as was typical for the time in which that portion of the film was set, compares the two works in order to help his students gain an appreciation of Western classical music. The song is also featured, as a duet between a cello and a computer, in the 1984 film, ""Electric Dreams"". A Lover's Concerto ""A Lover's Concerto"" is a pop song written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. ""A Lover's Concerto"" sold more than"
"Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 The Minuet in G major is a keyboard piece included in the 1725 ""Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach"". Until 1970, it was attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV Anh. 114), but it is now universally attributed to Christian Petzold. It is a 32-measure piece primarily in the key of G major. <score raw=""1"" vorbis=""1""> \version ""2.14.2"" \header { upper = \relative c"" { lower = \relative c' { \score { </score> The Minuet in G major is found in the 1725 ""Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach"", where it appears with its companion piece,"
"(adapted from ""Minuet in G major"", once attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach but now to Christian Petzold) and ""Attack!"". Another Toys recording written by the duo, ""Can't Get Enough Of You Baby"", was later covered by the garage band ? and the Mysterians and, in 1998, was a #14 hit when covered by Smash Mouth. They also had a hit with Jay and the Techniques' ""Keep the Ball Rollin'"". Linzer and Randell established their own record label, Oliver, in 1966. They wrote two songs recorded by The Monkees, ""I'll Be Back Up On My Feet"" and ""The Day We Fall"
"the author. If Angerer's manuscript is the original, the Toy Symphony was originally written not in G but rather in C. These findings, however, are disputed among scholars. There is reason to believe that the true composer will likely never be known, in whole or in part, given its confused origins and the paucity of related manuscript sources. Notes Citations Toy Symphony The Toy Symphony (full title: ""Cassation in G major for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings and continuo"") is a musical work with parts for toy instruments. It was long reputed to be the work of Joseph Haydn,"
"devises a system of hand signals for cheating tests, which are based on certain piano pieces. One of the pieces is the first five notes of Minuet in G major. Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 The Minuet in G major is a keyboard piece included in the 1725 ""Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach"". Until 1970, it was attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV Anh. 114), but it is now universally attributed to Christian Petzold. It is a 32-measure piece primarily in the key of G major. <score raw=""1"" vorbis=""1""> \version ""2.14.2"" \header { upper = \relative c"" {"
"Illusions in G Major ""Illusions in G Major"" is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and is track eight on the band's highly acclaimed 1974 album ""Eldorado"". It was used as the B-side to the popular hit ""Can't Get It Out of My Head"", a 1975 hit in the United States. The song clocks in at 2:37, making it one of the shortest on the album. The theme of the song is about a rock star talking to his psychiatrist about his mysterious visions, he even mentions ""I heard the crew a hummin' tunes that sounded like The"
"briefly in G major. Musicologist Alan Pollack identifies the composition's harmonic style as one that ""makes you feel constantly on the move, on the threshold of some new breakthrough"", and he adds: ""There are other Beatles' songs that exploit this triumvirate of keys (i.e. a parallel Major/minor pair and the relative Major), but never quite with such audacity."" Throughout, the meter is 4/4, delivered in an assertive, driving tempo. The song's main musical style is soul music,<ref name=""Erlewine/AM""></ref> while its melody and mood partly recall ""Sour Milk Sea"", which Harrison wrote earlier in 1968. In the verses, Harrison lists a"
"which was never released. All tracks composed by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell; except where indicated CD bonus tracks Album - Billboard (North America) Singles - Billboard (North America) The Toys Sing ""A Lover's Concerto"" and ""Attack!"" The Toys Sing “A Lover's Concerto” and “Attack!” was the sole album of the girl group The Toys. It was released in 1966 right after the success of the group's first two hits, both of which are mentioned in the album's title. “Yesterday” is the only cover song on the album. The rest of the tracks are all original material that were written"
"The Toys Sing ""A Lover's Concerto"" and ""Attack!"" The Toys Sing “A Lover's Concerto” and “Attack!” was the sole album of the girl group The Toys. It was released in 1966 right after the success of the group's first two hits, both of which are mentioned in the album's title. “Yesterday” is the only cover song on the album. The rest of the tracks are all original material that were written by the Toys' producers, Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell. Although Barbara Harris sang lead for the majority of the album (the group's producers felt that her voice was the"
"Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, (popularly known as the ""Little Fugue""), is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his years at Arnstadt (1703–1707). It is one of Bach's best known fugues and has been arranged for other voices, including an orchestral version by Leopold Stokowski. Early editors of Bach's work attached this title to distinguish it from the later Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, which is longer in duration and more challenging to play. The fugue's four-and-a-half measure subject in G minor is one"
"was the first song recorded for the Abbey Road album but one of the last songs to be finished, on 20 August 1969, the last time all four Beatles were together in the studio. The song begins in time, with an arpeggio guitar theme in D minor, progressing through E and B before cadencing on an A augmented chord. In this chord sequence, the F note is a drone. The bass and lead guitar ascend and descend with a riff derived from the D minor scale. As the last chord fades, a verse begins in time, based on the A"
"second in G major, the third in E major, the fourth in F major, and the fifth in B major. The final variation is twice interrupted by episodes in which loud fanfares from the full orchestra are answered by octaves by the first violins. A prominent French horn solo is assigned to the fourth player. A typical performance lasts about 16 minutes. The famous choral finale is Beethoven's musical representation of universal brotherhood based on the 'Ode to Joy' theme and is in theme and variations form. \new Score { </score> The movement starts with an introduction in which musical"
"Robert Schumann quotes the first 14 notes of this memorable theme (transposed to G minor) in #3 of the Op. 60, 6 Fugues on B–A–C–H, where he neatly combines it with the B A C B motif. There also appears to be an echo of this reference in the next fugue, #4. Jethro Tull used the piece in the third track in their August 1969 album ""Stand Up"", ""Bourée"", which was also released as a single that year. Alternative versions of the same track appear on ""The Jethro Tull Christmas Album"" and ""A Little Light Music"" and is a band"
"Toys' ""A Lovers Concerto"". She was signed to the related Go!! Records label, which issued her first three singles. She achieved her highest chart success with her cover version of Petula Clark's ""You're the One"" backed by her rendition of Chloee Harris' ""Little People"", in October 1965. In December Barrett, along with fellow TV personalities, Ian Turpie, Tommy Hanlon Jr and Pat Carroll, entertained Australian troops during the Vietnam War. They were ""the first Government-sponsored entertainment team"" to visit the Australian troops in Vietnam. Her next single, ""Send Her Away"", appeared in July 1966 and was followed by ""Don't Bother"
"The Man with All the Toys ""The Man with All the Toys"" is a Christmas song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album ""The Beach Boys' Christmas Album"". As a single that year it had limited success (No. 6 on the ""Billboard"" Christmas chart), but built sales over successive Christmases and is listed by ""Billboard"" in the Top 100 selling Christmas songs in history, though well below the Beach Boys' 1963 Christmas single ""Little Saint Nick"". Wilson re-recorded this song for his 2005 Christmas album,"
"Plug In Baby ""Plug In Baby"" is a song by English rock band Muse. It was released as the lead single from the band's second studio album ""Origin of Symmetry"". The song became the band's highest-charting single in the UK when it peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, until it was surpassed by ""Time Is Running Out"", which peaked at number 8 in 2003. Today, ""Plug In Baby"" is considered one of Muse's most notable songs, and has been featured on the live albums ""Hullabaloo Soundtrack"" (2002), ""HAARP"" (2008) and ""Live at Rome Olympic Stadium"" (2013). ""Plug"
"a just major seventh is tuned 15:8. In 1888, the French composer Erik Satie composed three slow waltzes, entitled ""Gymnopédies"". The first and best-known of these alternates two major seventh chords. The first eight measures (shown below) alternate between Gmaj and Dmaj. </score> Later examples of tonic major seventh chords include The Beatles' ""This Boy"", Bread's ""Make It With You"", America's ""Tin Man"", Blood Sweat & Tears' ""You've Made Me So Very Happy"", third and main part of Paul McCartney and Wings' ""Band On The Run"", Carly Simon's ""The Right Thing To Do"" Rupert Holmes' ""Him"" and Chicago's ""Colour My"
"Mass in G major, K. 49 Mozart's Mass in G major, K. 49/47d), is his first full mass. It is a missa brevis scored for SATB soloists and choir, violin I and II, viola, and basso continuo. Mozart wrote the Mass in G major at the age of 12. It was however neither his first setting of a part of the mass ordinary — two years earlier he had already composed a Kyrie (K. 33) —, nor was it his largest composition with a religious theme up to date: his sacred musical play ""Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots"" had been"
"Minuet in G minor (BWV Anh. 115), as a pair to be performed ""da capo"". The notebook in question, which belonged to Johann Sebastian Bach's second wife Anna Magdalena, is a compilation of music by various composers of the late 17th and early 18th century, including François Couperin, Georg Böhm, Johann Sebastian Bach himself, and possibly some of his sons (e.g., Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach). Most of the entries in the 1725 notebook were made by Anna Magdalena herself, and a few were contributed by Johann Sebastian and various friends of the Bach family. Only a few composers are identified"
"The Toys The Toys were an American pop girl group from Jamaica, New York, which was formed in 1961 and disbanded in 1968. The trio consisted of: Barbara Harris started singing in her hometown churches at an early age, and moved to Queens, New York at the age of eleven. In high school, Harris joined a group with four other young singers: Barbara Parritt (later Toomer), June Montiero, Betty Stokes and Betty Blocker. Stokes and Blocker eventually left the group, and Harris, Parritt and Montiero formed a trio. Bobby Uri, a manager and friend, named the group The Charlettes and"
"attribution to J. S. Bach is considered doubtful, and for that reason it is included in Anhang (Anh.) II of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis. Start of Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114: The two Minuets in G major and G minor, Nos. 4–5 in the second Notebook, BWV Anh. 114 and 115, were composed by Christian Petzold. Because their former attribution to Bach is spurious they appear in Anh. III of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis. Seven pieces with a doubtful attribution to J. S. Bach: Nos. 16–19 (BWV Anh. 122–125) are considered to be early compositions by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: A musette"
"Joy of a Toy (song) ""Joy of a Toy"" was the first USA single by the psychedelic rock band Soft Machine. It was released in 1968 to promote the group's debut album ""The Soft Machine"". The single features edited versions of both songs, in addition to featuring the only known mono-mixes from their debut. Kevin Ayers would employ the song's title for his debut solo album, ""Joy of a Toy"", a year later, even though it does not feature. According to Rob Chapman, the title of the A-side was taken from the name of an otherwise unrelated composition by Ornette"
"1975. As with ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", most of the guitar parts on the song were initially played on piano by Mercury, to demonstrate to Brian May how they needed to be played on guitar. The song is dominated by guitars, strong lead and backing vocals as well as piano. It's in 4/4 meter, and has a piano arpeggio intro with heavy guitars, bowed double bass, mechanical sounding noise and a loud shriek by Roger Taylor, which abruptly leads into the song in B minor. There are numerous subsections and layers, as was typical for Queen at the time. The verses have"
"ranked it #471 on its list of ""the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"". The song originates from 1976, as like many other Cheap Trick songs it was played in concert before its release. The song is part of the soundtrack to the PS2 and Xbox 360 game Guitar Hero 2. ""Surrender"" is composed in B-flat major, with a key change to B major following the instrumental intro, and a key change to C major after the second time of the chorus. ""Surrender"" is a late 1970s teen anthem, describing the relations between the baby boomer narrator and his G.I."
"A Lover's Concerto ""A Lover's Concerto"" is a pop song written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. ""A Lover's Concerto"" sold more than two million copies and was awarded gold record certification by the R.I.A.A.. Their original version of the song was a major hit in the United States and United Kingdom (among other countries) during 1965. It peaked on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at number 2. It was kept out of the number 1 spot by both Yesterday by The Beatles and Get Off of My Cloud by"
"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (song) ""The Boy with the Thorn in His Side"" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as a single in September 1985, reaching No. 23 in the UK Singles Chart. A slightly remixed version appeared on their third album ""The Queen Is Dead"" in June 1986. This was the first single by the Smiths to be accompanied by a promotional music video, something the band had previously resisted. They also performed the song on an episode of ""Top of the Pops"". The main difference between the"
"seconds). According to Hal Leonard Corporation's sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, it is played in common time at a tempo of 88 beats per minute in the key of G major. Alternate sheet music by the same publisher states it is played at a tempo of 87 beats per minute in a key of E minor. The original plan was for the track to start with an explosion, though this was later scrapped. Richard Watkins played the French horn in the song. ""Rolling Stone"" described it as ""mostly alpine quiet – guitar, keyboard, Bono and harmonies, like The Doors' ""The"
"Coleman. Joy of a Toy (song) ""Joy of a Toy"" was the first USA single by the psychedelic rock band Soft Machine. It was released in 1968 to promote the group's debut album ""The Soft Machine"". The single features edited versions of both songs, in addition to featuring the only known mono-mixes from their debut. Kevin Ayers would employ the song's title for his debut solo album, ""Joy of a Toy"", a year later, even though it does not feature. According to Rob Chapman, the title of the A-side was taken from the name of an otherwise unrelated composition by"
"from Indian music, a genre that Harrison had introduced to the Beatles' sound late in 1965 with his sitar part on ""Norwegian Wood"", and is based on a high volume C drone played on a tambura. The song's musical key is C Mixolydian. The chord over the drone is generally C major, but some changes to B major result from vocal modulations, as well as orchestral and guitar tape loops. According to author Peter Lavezzoli, the composition is the first pop song to eschew formal chord changes altogether. Despite this limitation, musicologist Dominic Pedler sees the Beatles' harmonic ingenuity displayed"
"Eine Kleine Gigue in G, K. 574 Kleine Gigue in G major, K. 574, is a composition for solo piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his stay in Leipzig. It is dated 16 May 1789, the day before he left Leipzig. It was directly written into the notebook of Leipzig court organist Karl Immanuel Engel. It is often cited as a tribute by Mozart to J. S. Bach, although many scholars have likened it to Handel's Gigue from the Suite No. 8 in F minor, HWV 433. In fact, the subject of the gigue bears a marked similarity to the"
"'The Babettes' - Holly Bisaha and Elisa Chadbourne. The Babys The Babys are a British rock group best known for their songs ""Isn't It Time"" and ""Every Time I Think of You"". Both songs were composed by Jack Conrad and Ray Kennedy, and each reached No. 13 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and No. 8 on the ""Cashbox"" chart in the late 1970s. The original Babys line-up consisted of keyboardist/guitarist Michael Corby, and, in order of joining the group, vocalist/bassist John Waite, drummer Tony Brock, and guitarist Wally Stocker. Under the auspices of Adrian Millar the group signed a"
"the works of acts as diverse as the B-52's, the Cramps, and Bruce Springsteen. Two months later, the Music Machine, who reached the top 20 with fuzz guitar-driven ""Talk Talk"", had a sound and image that helped pave the way for later acts such as the Ramones. The Syndicate of Sound's ""Little Girl"", which featured a cocksure half-spoken lead vocal set over chiming 12-string guitar chords, reached No. 8 on the ""Billboard"" charts and was later covered by acts such as the Dead Boys, the Banned, and the Chesterfield Kings. Discovered by a Pittsburgh disc jockey in 1965, the resulting"
"in 1977. The song was included in various greatest hits compilations by Queen such as ""Greatest Hits II"", ""Greatest Flix II"" and ""Greatest Video Hits II"". The song's key signature is G major, and makes heavy use of Brian May's melodic guitar playing style. The song was debuted on the second show of The Magic Tour (Leiden). Queen played the complete version of the song for the first two Leiden shows then the arrangement was shortened on 14 June (Paris). The shorter version is featured on the Live At Wembley release. On all live versions, the song was performed in"