Bach digital -

Leipzig, Bach-Archiv Leipzig

D-LEb Rara Ib, 168

olim: D-Gb Ms. Horn

Catalogue raisonné:

BWV / Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

BWV 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893

Link to works:

BWV 870; BWV 871; BWV 872.2; BWV 873; BWV 874; BWV 875; BWV 876; BWV 877; BWV 878; BWV 879; BWV 880; BWV 881; BWV 882; BWV 883; BWV 884; BWV 885; BWV 886; BWV 887; BWV 888; BWV 889; BWV 890; BWV 891; BWV 892; BWV 893

Scribe:

Horn, Charles Frederick (1762–1830)

Date (exact):

ca. 1800-1806 (Tomita)

Source Type:

Score, collective manuscript

Extent, Dimensions (cm):

47 leaves, 49 x 30 cm

Period of origin:

about 1800

Provenance:

K. F. Horn – J. Mitchell (Eton, 1829) – W. Parratt – ? – Antiquariat K. Mummery, Bornemouth/England – Göttingen, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut (1957) – Bach-Archiv, Leipzig (2008)

Description of watermark:

a) PORTAL & BRIDGES; b) bekröntes Lilienwappen, darunter Buchstaben GB

Link to watermark:

Portal Bridges 1

Comments:

Siehe Brief S. Wesley an B. Jacob vom 17.10.1808; das große Format wurde nach Wesley gewählt, "to contain an entire Fugue however long, upon two pages only, thus avoiding the Inconvenience of turning over, for which there is hereby no necessity even from the beginning of the Work to the end.";
kein Titelblatt vorhanden

Description in complete edition, Critical report:: V/6.2, S. 65f.
Literature:: E. Wesley (Hrg.): Letters of Samuel Wesley to Mr. Jacobs, London 1878 (Repr. New York 1981), S. 7