D-Berlin, Universität der Künste, library
Copy of the Magnificat D major, BWV 243

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                              H 980
Extent 33 leaves and flyleaf
Measurement, in cm 32,5 x 26
Rastrology, in cm 0,8
Paper/Watermark without watermark (machine paper)
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation The manuscript is bound into a marbled cover (brown; label: "Magnificat / von / J. S. Bach. Partitur").
Scribe Mettner

2. Contents
Arrangement                           f. 1r: title page
f. 1v: blank
f. 2r: BWV 243, "No 1" (Magnificat), mm. 1 - 5
f. 2v: mm. 6 - 12
f. 3r: mm. 13 - 18
f. 3v: mm. 19 - 24
f. 4r: mm. 25 - 29
f. 4v: mm. 30 - 35
f. 5r: mm. 36 - 41
f. 5v: mm. 42 - 47
f. 6r: mm. 48 - 53
f. 6v: mm. 54 - 59
f. 7r: mm. 60 - 65
f. 7v: mm. 66 - 71
f. 8r: mm. 72 - 77
f. 8v: mm. 78 - 83
f. 9r: mm. 84 - 90
f. 9v: "No 2" (Et exsultavit), mm. 1 - 28
f. 10r: mm. 29 - 50
f. 10v: mm. 53 - 76
f. 11r: mm. 77 - 92
          "No 3" (Quia respexit humilitatem), mm. 1 - 4
f. 11v: mm. 5 - 21
f. 12r: mm. 22 - 28
f. 12v: mm. 29 - 32
f. 13r: mm. 33 - 36
f. 13v: mm. 37 - 40
f. 14r: mm. 41 - 44
f. 14v: mm. 45 - 48
f. 15r: mm. 49 - 52
f. 15v: "No 4" (Quia fecit mihi magna), mm. 1 - 21
f. 16r: mm. 22 - 35
          "No 5" (Et misericordia), mm. 1 - 4
f. 16v: mm. 5 - 12
f. 17r: mm. 13 - 19
f. 17v: mm. 20 - 27
f. 18r: mm. 28 - 35
f. 18v: "No 6" (Fecit potentiam), mm. 1 - 4
f. 19r: mm. 5 - 8
f. 19v: mm. 9 - 12
f. 20r: mm. 13 - 16
f. 20v: mm. 17 - 20
f. 21r: mm. 21 - 24
f. 21v: mm. 25 - 28
f. 22r: mm. 29 - 35
f. 22v: "No 7" (Deposuit potentes), mm. 1 - 28
f. 23r: mm. 29 - 55
f. 23v: mm. 56 - 67
          "No 8", mm. 1 - 8
f. 24r: mm. 9 - 24
f. 24v: mm. 25 - 35
f. 25r: mm. 36 - 43
          "No 9", mm. 1 - 5
f. 25v: mm. 6 - 20
f. 26r: mm. 21 - 36
f. 26v: "No 10" (Sicut locutus est), mm. 1 - 12
f. 27r: mm. 13 - 24
f. 27v: mm. 25 - 36
f. 28r: mm. 37 - 53
f. 28v: "No 11" (Gloria Patri), mm. 1 - 6
f. 29r: mm. 7 - 12
f. 29v: mm. 13 - 19
f. 30r: mm. 20 - 25
f. 30v: mm. 26 - 31
f. 31r: mm. 32 - 37
f. 31v: mm. 38 - 42
f. 32r: "No 12" (Gloria in excelsis Deo), mm. 1 - 7
f. 32v: mm. 8 - 14
f. 33r: mm. 15 - 20
f. 33v: ruled but otherwise blank
Title page "Magnificat / à cinque voci / due Violini, due Oboe, tre Trombi, Tamburi, Basson, / Viola e Basso Continuo // del Sigl: Joh: Seb: Bach."

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                The manuscript is foliated (with pencil)
Condition of source well (scarcely bleed-through)
Provenance Mettner - ? - Berlin, Königliches Institut für Kirchenmusik - Moskau - Berlin, Staatsbibliothek "Unter den Linden" - Berlin, Universität der Künste (formerly Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst), library
Remarks


15.09.05