Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 401

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book cover + flyleaf (recto)
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title page (1. J. C. Oley; 2. B. C. Kayser)
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Prelude and Fugue in C major (BWV 846)
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Prelude and Fugue in C minor (BWV 847)
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Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major (BWV 848)
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Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor (BWV 849)
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Prelude and Fugue in D minor (BWV 851)
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Prelude and Fugue in D major (BWV 850)
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Fugue in F minor (BWV 881/2), added by J. C. Oley
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Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major (BWV 852)
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Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor (BWV 853)
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Prelude and Fugue in E minor (BWV 855)
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Prelude and Fugue in E major (BWV 854), dated "anno 1723" (title page)
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Prelude and Fugue in F major (BWV 856)
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Prelude and Fugue in F minor (BWV 857)
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Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major (BWV 858)
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Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor (BWV 859)
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Prelude and Fugue in G major (BWV 860)
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Prelude and Fugue in G minor (BWV 861)
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Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major (BWV 862)
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Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor (BWV 863)
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Prelude and Fugue in A minor (BWV 865)
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Prelude and Fugue in A major (BWV 864)
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Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (BWV 866)
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Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor (BWV 867)
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Prelude and Fugue in B major (BWV 868)
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Prelude and Fugue in B minor (BWV 869)
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fragment: Prelude in B minor (BWV 923)
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flyleaf + book cover (verso)
Catalogue raisonné:
BWV / Bach-Werke-VerzeichnisBWV 846, 847, 848, 849, 851, 850, 881/2, 852, 853, 855, 854, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 865, 864, 866, 867, 868, 869, 923 (T. 1-14a)
Link to works:
BWV 846.2; BWV 847.2; BWV 848.2; BWV 849.2; BWV 851.2; BWV 850.2; BWV 881; BWV 852.2; BWV 853.2; BWV 855.2; BWV 854.2; BWV 856.2; BWV 857.2; BWV 858.2; BWV 859.2; BWV 860.2; BWV 861.2; BWV 862.2; BWV 863.2; BWV 865.2; BWV 864.2; BWV 866.2; BWV 867.2; BWV 868.2; BWV 869.2; BWV 923

Scribe:
Kayser, Bernhard Christian (1705–1758)
Scribe (in detail):
B. C. Kayser = Anon. 5 (Kast) = Anon. Ih (Dürr Chr 2)
Date (exact):
1722/1723

Source Type:
Score, collective manuscript
Extent, Dimensions (cm):
78 leaves, 32 x 19,5 cm
Period of origin:
first half of the 18th century (ca. 1720–1739)
Provenance:
B. C. Kayser (= Anon. 5) – ? – J. C. Oley, Bernburg (spätestens 1762) – C. v. Werder (nach 1782) – F. Hauser – J. Fischhof – Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin (1859), jetzt Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung
Description of watermark:
Teilhs.:
a) leer; b) Wilder Mann mit Baumast, daran drei Blätter, auf Sockelleiste = Weiß Nr. 1;
a) leer; b) im Kreis Fisch (nach links oder rechts?); darunter Wellenlinie, darüber E N, doppelstrichig, auf Steg = Weiß Nr. 9
Master copy:
923: ? (s. Stemma KB V/9.2, S. 247);
881: nach J. F. Reichardt, "Musikalisches Kunstmagazin", I (1782), 4. Stück, S. 198 (s. KB V/6.1, S. 35);
846-869: verschollene Zwischenquelle zu einer Frühfassung des WK (= alpha 3)
Comments:
Akzessionsnummer: 3109.
Handschrift besteht aus 21 Teilhss.;
Schreiber hat die Lesarten später selbst korrigiert (nach Stadium A1 des WK, s. KB V /6.1, S. 134));
Galt früher als Autograph (Hauser /Fischhof) [sogenanntes "Fischhofsches Autograph" von WK1].
BWV 923 bricht am Ende einer Seite ab (Schluss wohl vorhanden gewesen)

Description in complete edition, Critical report:
V/6.1, S. 32ff.
Also mentioned in:
V/6.2, S. 122; V/9.2, S. 234;
V/7, S. 183ff. [zum Schreiber]
Literature:
M. Helms: NBA, KB V/7, S. 183ff. [zum Schreiber]; A. Talle, in: BJ 2003, S. 155-172 [zum Schreiber]; Kobayashi FH, S. 143f. [zur Provenienz "v. W."]; Blanken 2011, S. 810-814

Reproductions in the Bach-Archiv:
QK A VIII 32/4 (Xerox)
QK-Gö D-B P 401 (Xerox)
QK-Gö D-B P 401 (2) (Xerox)
MF-Gö D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 401 (Film)
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