A Lover's Concerto (Piano)

"A Lover's Concerto" is a pop song written by American songwriters, Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. Their version of the song was a major hit in both the United States and the UK during 1965. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number two.

Critic Dave Thompson wrote, "Few records are this perfect. Riding across one of the most deceptively hook-laden melodies ever conceived ... 'A Lovers Concerto' marks the apogee of the Girl Group sound."[1] The song also had an unusual structure that blurred the differences between its verses and choruses.

The lyrics begin with: How gentle is the rain That falls softly on the meadow, Birds high up in the trees Serenade the clouds with their melodies

Linzer and Randell based the melody on the familiar "Minuet in G major" (BWV Anh. 114) from J.S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. One key difference is that the "Minuet in G major" is written in 3/4 time, whereas "A Lover's Concerto" is arranged in 4/4 time. (Although often attributed to Bach himself, the "Minuet in G major" is now believed to have been written by Christian Petzold. The Notebook, a gift from Bach to his second wife Anna, begins with works by Bach but also included many blank pages, onto which members of the family copied works that they liked to play; the famous minuets in G major and G minor are not in Bach's handwriting.)

In subsequent years, "A Lover's Concerto" has been recorded by numerous other artists, including The Lennon Sisters, The Delfonics, Sarah Vaughan, The Supremes, Mrs. Miller, Audrey Hall and Kelly Chen.

P.S Thanks Yuns for the score :)

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[Kenshin9911]

Way to go Isaac! You're freakin' epic on the keys! XD

[zelcadence]

Who's Isaac? Haha

[Princesspessimistic]

is this song also called Bach's Theme?

[zelcadence]

yea.. i tink it's similar but modified for a show

[Tennie1123]

I am going to sing this on youtube can i use your music for back up?

[zelcadence]

sure! wld be great if you can video response back your vocal version :)

[WillsPills56]

How long have you been playing piano.

I could never read music notes .

But then I never took piano lessons.

Thanks for playing one of my favorite songs.

You were fabulous

[micktube64]

@XuMi92 The song is, as far as I can tell, based on Minuet in G by J.S.Bach. So beautiful, and great words put to it about a girl on her wedding day. The clever thing (as a pop song) is that there's no chorus. All verses. Brilliant. All the best Mi.

[cherylsteph]

Hi! it's an awesome song and you played it really well! Could you send me the piano sheet music of the song too? Pretty please! Thanks!

[jothailand]

Lovely song :) I like it so much.

PS. Could you please send me a piano sheet music of this song ?

[xeptemberends]

very well played! i need desperately this sheet to play in my sister's wedding!!! please could you share with me? because i can't find this version

[doubledog61]

i want to learn piano,but i dont know how to start

[lmikhaella]

may I please ask for the music sheet for this song. You really played it very well and I would also like to play it and sing it for my parent's wedding anniversary. I''ll be really glad if you did Thank you so much! :D

[chrissylixoxo]

@XuMi92 yes!

[XuMi92]

is this song of J.S.Bach, right

[Tannerowns8]

Oustanding - so beautiful

[Msmarimar2009ify]

The music is so relaxing, can i have the copy of lyrics with chords. Tnx. More power to u.