D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Collective manuscript with prelude and fugue in C major, BWV 531, in company with an anonymous menuet in C minor and some sketches

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 26 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 4.5.2)
Extent 2 sheets
Measurement, in cm 35 x 20,5 - 21
Rastrology, in cm 1,0
Paper/Watermark 'coat of arms of Schönau 1'
Cleffing soprano clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation binio, stitched with thread, not paged/foliated
Scribe 2 unknown scribes:
'Anon. Scholz 2': menuet and sketches
'Anon. Scholz 5':BWV 531
no clean copy, but written neatly
Dating 1st half of 18th century (in the watermark are the initials of the papermaker Johann Carl Fischer ('ICF'), who was active between 1725 and 1751 [paper mill Ronsberg])

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: anonymous menuet in C major, sketches in French violin clef
f. 1v: BWV 531/1, mm. 1 - 24a
f. 2r: BWV 531/1, mm. 24b - end
f. 2v: BWV 531/2, mm. 1 - 25a
f. 3r: BWV 531/2, mm. 25b - 48a
f. 3v: BWV 531/2, mm. 48b - 71a
f. 4r: BWV 531/2, mm. 71b - end
f. 4v: blank (ruled)
Title-heading menuet in C major: "Menuet:"
BWV 531: "Praeludium et Fuga, [on the right:] di Mons. Bach."
BWV 531/2: "Fuga", at the end of the fugue: "Il Fine:"

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                in the heading line, centrical: "N. 18"
Condition of source comparatively good (heavy bleed-through), no traces of use
Provenance L. Scholz - ? - C. F. Guhr - ? - private ownership Klinckerfuß - antique shop schneider, Tutzing - Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen (1968)
Literature NBA IV/5-6, critical report, pp. 160, 286ff. and 708
Remarks The other copy of BWV 531 in the collection of Scholz D Gb Ms. Scholz 4.5.1 is largely authentic and independent from this one.


15.06.06