D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Collective manuscript with BWV 868/2 (in C major), 868/1 (in C major), 858/2 (in F major), 864/1, 852/2, 861/2, 867/2 (in G minor), 859/1, 856/1, 856/2 ("Well-tempered Clavier" I)

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 81 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.6.16))
Extent 8 leaves
Measurement, in cm 27,5 x 21,5
Rastrology, in cm 0,85-0,9
Paper/Watermark 'lion 2'
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation quaternio, stitched with thread, each sheet is paged individually (from "2" to "5")
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
clean copy, few corrections
Dating around 1780/81 (see the dating of the anonymous preludes)

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: Anon., prelude in C major (pdf-file see f. 8v), mm. 29 - 35 f. 1v: BWV 868/2, mm. 1 - 23
f. 2r: BWV 868/2, mm. 24 - 34
f. 2v: BWV 868/1, mm. 1 - 19; BWV 858/2, mm. 1 - 6a
f. 3r: BWV 858/2, mm. 6b - 35
f. 3v: Anon., prelude in C major, 1781, 1st version, mm. 1 - 28a
f. 4r: BWV 864/1, mm. 1 - 24
         Anonym, prelude in C major, mm. 28b - 32
f. 4v: BWV 852/2, mm. 1 - 29a
f. 5r: BWV 852/2, mm. 29b - 37
         BWV 861/2, mm. 1 - 12a, mm. 12b - 13: shortened transition to m. 29, mm. 29 - 34
f. 5v: BWV 867/2, mm. 1 - 75
f. 6r: BWV 859/1, mm. 1 - 24
f. 6v: Anon., prelude in C major, 1780, mm. 1 - 36
f. 7r: BWV 856/1, mm. 1 - 18
f. 7v: BWV 856/2, mm. 1 - 61
f. 8r: BWV 856/2, mm. 62 - 72
f. 8v: Anon., prelude in C major, 1781, 2nd version , mm. 1 - 28
Title-heading BWV 868/2: "Fuga"
BWV 868/1: "Prelude."
BWV 858/2: "Fuga." prelude in C major: "Prelude. Ao 1781."
BWV 864/1: "Prelude"
BWV 852/2: "Fuga"
BWV 867/2: "Fuga."
BWV 859/1: "Prelude"
prelude in C major: "Prelude Ao 1780. revidirt."
BWV 856/1: "Prelude."
BWV 856/2: "Fuga."
prelude in C major: "Prelude [in the middle:] Ao 1781."

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                numbering of the preludes and fugues of the Well-tempered Clavier (with pencil)
Condition of source little 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)


29.06.06