D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Collective manuscript with prelude and fugue in A flat major, BWV 862, and prelude and fugue in A minor, BWV 865 ("Well-tempered Clavier" I)

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 77 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.12)
Extent 1 sheet
Measurement, in cm 31,5 x 28
Rastrology, in cm 0,7
Paper/Watermark 'Wolfeg 6'
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation single sheet, partly paged: f. 1v: 2, f. 2r: 3
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
agitated typeface, but few corrections
Dating around 1771 (see title page in D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.0)


2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: end of BWV 862/2; beginning of BWV 865/1
f. 1v: end BWV 865/1; beginning of BWV 865/2
f. 2r: end of BWV 865/2
f. 2v: BWV 862/1, beginning of BWV 862/2
Title-heading BWV 862/1: "Praeludium."
BWV 862/2: --
BWV 865/1: "Praeludium." (beneath the 1st accolade)
BWV 865/2: "Fuga"
Model lost source (see NBA V/6.1, critical report, pp. 152ff.)


3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                none
Condition of source good (no bleed-through, in the corners slightly damaged); 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 In BWV 865/1 the closing chord is missing (even though the page-turn is marked by "Si Volti.")



29.06.06