The Minuet in G, Op. 14/1, is a short piano composition by

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (; – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer who became a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the new nation's Prime Minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versaill ...

, 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''. The minuet was written in 1887, the first of six pieces making up his ''Humoresques de concert'', Op. 14. The full set is in two books: Book I (''à l'Antique'') * No. 1: Menuet * No. 2: Sarabande * No. 3: Caprice (genre Scarlatti) Book II (''moderne'') * No. 4: Burlesque * No. 5: Intermezzo polacco * No. 6: Cracovienne fantastique.

Recordings

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 Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor. Biography Josef Hofmann was born in Podgórze (a district of Kraków), in A ...

Ignaz Friedman Ignaz Friedman (also spelled ''Ignace'' or ''Ignacy''; full name ''Solomon (Salomon) Isaac Freudman(n)'', yi, שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָק פֿרײדמאַן; February 13, 1882January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e.g ...

Shura Cherkassky Shura Cherkassky (russian: Александр (Шура) Исаакович Черкасский; 7 October 190927 December 1995) was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was c ...

, through to the pianists of today such as

Roger Woodward Roger Woodward (born 20 December 1942) is an Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. Life and career Early life The youngest of four children, Roger Woodward was born in Sydney where he received first piano lessons ...

Stephen Hough Sir Stephen Andrew Gill Hough (; born 22 November 1961) is a British-born classical pianist, composer and writer. He became an Australian citizen in 2005 and thus has dual nationality (his father was born in Australia in 1926). Biography Houg ...

and Adam Wodnicki. It has also been arranged for other instruments: *

Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known ...

arranged it for violin and piano, and recorded it with the composer at the piano *

Gaspar Cassadó Gaspar Cassadó i Moreu (30 September or 5 October 1897 – 24 December 1966) was a Spanish cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father, Joaquim Cassadó, and began taking cello lesson ...

arranged it for cello and piano. * The John Philip Sousa band performed a transcription of the piece in Rochester, NY on November 12, 1894.Warfield, Patrick. "The March as Musical Drama and the Spectacle of John Philip Sousa", ''Journal of the American Musicological Society'', Vol. 64, pp. 289–318

Sheet music

Notes

{{Authority control Compositions for solo piano 1887 compositions Compositions by Ignacy Jan Paderewski Compositions in G major