Of course you must remeber that famous song "A whiter shade of pale"
which is based on the "Air" of the Third orchestral Suite of Johann S.
Bach. I can not remeber other famous song based on the Minuet in G of
the Anna magdalena's Book. Here in mexico it was Called "Concierto para
enamorados".
Hector Arturo Llamas Orenday
XEUAA Radio Universidad de Aguascalientes
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[Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" must surely be the most effective
pastiche of Bach ever written. In fact, though it is very similar to the
air, and several other Bach tunes, the melody is not a note-for-note copy
of anything Bach wrote. WSP is about 30 years old now, and has since been
recorded by well over thrity different artists from The Royal Philharmonic
to Percy Sledge, from Montovanni to Joe Cocker. By just about any
measure, a modern classic. -Dave]