D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Prelude and fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 849 ("Well-tempered Clavier" I)

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 68 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.3)
Extent 1 sheet
Measurement, in cm 29,5 x 24
Rastrology, in cm 0,7
Paper/Watermark 'lion 2'
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation The manuscript is paged: f. 1r: 1, f. 1v: 2, f. 2r: 3.
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
Dating around 1771 (see title page in D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.0)

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: BWV 849/1
f. 1v: BWV 849/2
f. 2r: BWV 849/2 (continuation)
f. 2v: blank (not ruled)
Title-heading BWV 849/1: "Praelude" (before the accolade)"
BWV 849/2: "Fuga."I
Model lost source (see NBA V/6.1, critical report, pp. 152ff.)

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                f. 1r, at the top: "Diese Fuge ist bey Kühnel 6/4 und die folgende Fuge im 4/4 Takt geschrieben."
Condition of source good; no traces of use, corners slightly abraded
Provenance L. Scholz family property Scholz - ? - C. F. Guhr - Klinckerfuß - antique shop Schneider, Tutzing - Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen (1968)
Literature NBA V/6.1, critical report, pp. 93f. and 152ff. (to all sources of the WK I written by Scholz)
Remarks BWV 849/1: written in 6/8-time (originally in 6/4-time), see "Foreign/later entries"


27.06.06