D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Collective manuscript with prelude and fugue in F sharp minor, BWV 859, and prelude and fugue in B minor, BWV 869 ("Well-tempered Clavier" I)

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 75 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.10)
Extent 1 sheet
Measurement, in cm 27,5 x 21,5
Rastrology, in cm 0,7
Paper/Watermark 'lion 3'
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation single sheet
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
clean copy, without corrections
Dating around 1771 (see title page in D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.0)

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: BWV 859/1
f. 1v: beginning of BWV 859/2
f. 2r: end of BWV 859/2; 1st part of BWV 869/1
f. 2v: 2nd part of BWV 869/1; beginning of BWV 869/2 (4 1/2 measures, the end is missing)
Title-heading BWV 859/1: "Praeludium"
BWV 859/2: "Fuga"
BWV 869/1: "Praeludium." (before the accolade)
BWV 869/2: -- (at the end of BWV 869/1: "Seque Fuga / Si Volti")
Model lost source (see NBA V/6.1, critical report, pp. 152ff.)

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                BWV 859/1, f. 1r, headline: "1.t Parthie."
BWV 859/2, f. 1v, headline: "diese Fuge ist in der Kühnelschen Ausgabe in 6/4 Takt."
BWV 869/1, f. 2v: "1. Parthie"
probably written by C. F. Guhr
Condition of source good (bleed-through, slightly ripped in the fold and in the corners);
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)
Remarks BWV 869/2 is incomplete (only 4 1/2 measures)


28.06.06