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Catalogue raisonné:

BWV 1075

Link to works:

BWV 1075

Scribe:

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Date (exact):

Source Type:

Score, single manuscript (Original source)

Extent, Dimensions (cm):

1 leaf, 9 x 15,5 cm

Period of origin:

Provenance:

J. S. Bach – ? – K. E. Henrici – Antiquariat L. Liepmannssohn, Berlin – L. Koch – dessen Erben – Unbekannter holländischer Privatbesitz

Description of watermark:

Comments:

The simple canon was written down by Bach in a "Stammbuch" and later removed from its context. The autograph family register entry is: Canon a 2. perpetuus. | [canon follows] | Leipzig. d. 10. Januar: | 1734. [on the right side:] Dieses wolte seinem Herrn Pathen | zum Andencken beyfügen | Joh: Seb: Bach.. It is not known to whom this canon was dedicated; among Bach's godchildren ("Herrn Pathen"), who were already adults in 1734, the most likely candidate is Johann Gottfried Walther the Younger (*1712), who attended the University of Jena from 1732 (see Schulze BJ 1967).

Description in complete edition, Critical report:

VIII/1, S. 19f.

Literature:

W. Wolffheim, in: FS J. Wolff, Berlin 1929, S. 217-221.; Schulze BJ 1967, Johann Sebastian Bachs Kanonwidmungen, in: BJ 53 (1967), S. 82–92.

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