D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Prelude and fugue in F minor, BWV 857 ("Well-tempered Clavier" I)

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 74 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.9)
Extent 1 sheet
Measurement, in cm 37 x 26,5-27
Rastrology, in cm 0,9
Paper/Watermark 'lily in a shield 19' (cf. 'lily in a shield 3' and 'lily in a shield 6')
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation single sheet, partly paged: f. 1v: 1, f. 2r: 2
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
written neatly, few corrections
Dating around 1771 (see title page in D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.0)

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: blank (ruled)
f. 1v: BWV 857/1; beginning of BWV 857/2
f. 2r: end of BWV 857/2
f. 2v: blank (ruled)
Title-heading BWV 857/1: "Prelude von Fuga Da Johann Sebastian Bach."
BWV 857/2: "Fuga."
Model lost source (see NBA V/6.1, critical report, pp. 152ff.)

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                none
Condition of source moderate (partly heavy bleed-through, water stains)
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