D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Collective manuscript with prelude and fugue in F major, BWV 856, and prelude and fugue in F sharp major, BWV 858 ("Well-tempered Clavier" I)

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 73 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.8)
Extent 1 sheet
Measurement, in cm 37,5 x 21,5
Rastrology, in cm 0,7
Paper/Watermark 'lion 3'
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation single sheet, partly paged: f. 2r: 3, f. 2v: 1
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
clean copy, few corrections
Dating around 1771 (see title page in D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.0)

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: end of BWV 856/2
f. 1v: BWV 858/1; beginning of BWV 858/2
f. 2r: end of BWV 858/2
f. 2v: BWV 856/1, beginning of BWV 856/2
Title-heading BWV 858/1: "Praeludium"
BWV 858/2: "Fuga"
BWV 856/1: "Praeludium."
BWV 856/2: --
Model lost source (see NBA V/6.1, critical report, pp. 152ff.)

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                f. 2v, BWV 856/2, addendum to the headline: "Fuga 11" (with pencil)
probably written by C. F. Guhr
Condition of source good, bleed-through;
no traces of use
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)


28.06.06