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

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...

, 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

Manru

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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
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  )

Book II (moderne)

• No. 4: Burlesque
• No. 5: Intermezzo pollaco
• 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

Sergei Rachmaninoff

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, Josef Hofmann, Ignaz Friedman

Ignaz Friedman

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, Shura Cherkassky

Shura Cherkassky

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, through to the pianists of today such as Roger Woodward

Roger Woodward

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, Stephen Hough

Stephen Hough

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 and Adam Wodnicki.

It has also been arranged for other instruments:

• Fritz Kreisler
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   arranged it for violin and piano, and recorded it with the composer at the piano
• Gaspar Cassadó
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  has arranged it for cello and piano.