D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Copy of the fugue in B flat major, BWV 955

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 87 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 5.9.6)
Extent 1 sheet
Measurement, in cm 34,5 x 26
Rastrology, in cm 0,9
Paper/Watermark 'lily in a shield 12'
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation the sheet is paged (f. 1r: --, f. 1v: 1, f. 2r: 2, f. 2v: --)
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
clean copy, few corrections
Dating 18th century


2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: blank (ruled)
f. 1v: BWV 955, mm. 1 - 50
f. 2r: BWV 955, mm. 51 - end
f. 2v: blank (ruled)
Title-heading "Fuga I. Da Johan[with line above] Sebastian Bach."
Model presumably Ms. Scholz 5.9.5 (transposing mistake in m. 7 by the transposition from the soprano clef to the violin clef)


3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                none
Condition of source good (bleed-through);
few traces of use
Provenance L. Scholz - ? - Franconian private ownership - antique shop Schneider, Tutzing - Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen (1968)
Remarks For another source with BWV 955 see ms. Scholz 5.9.5. The authenticity of the work is doubtful; in D B Mus. ms. Bach P 247 it is ascribed to Johann Christoph Erselius.



14.07.06