D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Collective manuscript with parts of the "Kunst der Fuge"

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 93 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 8.2.1)
Extent 18 leaves (originally 18 sheets; from the first 10 sheets the rear leaves were cut in each case).
Measurement, in cm 33 x 24
Rastrology, in cm 0,7
Paper/Watermark without watermark (only bars identifiable)
Cleffing soprano clef (partly the soprano clef was altered to a violin clef, in BWV 1080/6, 7, 9, 11, 10a continuously)/alto clef/tenore clef/bass clef (this does not always correspond to the original publication)
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation 18 sheets, stitched with thread, not paged
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
written neatly, very few corrections
Dating 18th century

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: blank (ruled)
f. 1v / f. 2v: BWV 1080,1 (labelled continuously)
f. 1v: BWV 1080/2, mm. 1-4, BWV 1080/3, mm. 1-4
f. 2r: BWV 1080/4, mm. 1-4, BWV 1080/5, mm. 1-5
f. 2v: blank (ruled)
f. 3r: blank (ruled)
f. 3v / f. 4r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/6, mm. 1-58
f. 4v / f. 5r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080, mm. 59-79, BWV 1080/7, mm. 1-33a
f. 5v / f. 6r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/7, mm. 33b - end, BWV 1080/9, mm.1-47
f. 6v / f. 7r: BWV 1080/9, mm. 48 - end, BWV 1080/10, mm. 1-4
f. 7r: BWV 1080/12,2, mm. 1-4, 1080/12,1, mm. 1-4
f. 7v / f. 8r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/11, mm. 1-96a
f. 8v / f. 9r: BWV 1080/11, mm. 96b - end
f. 9v / f. 10r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/10a
f. 10v - f. 14r: blank (ruled)
f. 14v / f. 15r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/19, mm. 1-119
f. 15v / 16r (labelled continuously): mm. 120-216
f. 16v: mm. 217 - 233 (with a closing idiom to the tonic)
f. 17r: blank (not ruled)
f. 17v / f. 18r (labelled continuously): BWV 668a , text of the "Nachricht" (without a title)
Title-heading 1080/1: "Contrapunctus. I."
1080/2: "Contrapunct[abbr.] II" (before the accolade)
1080/3: "III" (before the accolade)
1080/4: "IV" (before the accolade)
1080/5: "V." (before the accolade)
1080/6: "Contrapun / ctus 6. / a 4. / in Stylo / Fran=/cese." (before the accolade)
1080/7: "Contra= / punct[abbr.] 7. / a 4 / per Augment / et Diminut" (before the accolade)
1080/9: "Contra= / punct[abbr.] 9 / a 4 / alla / Duodecima" (before the accolade)
1080/10: "X" (before the accolade)
1080/12,2: "XII (before the accolade) "inversus" (beneath the braces)
1080/12,1: "XIII" (before the accolade), "inversus" (beneath the braces)
1080/11: "Contrapunctus 11 a 4"
1080/10a: "a 4."
1080/19: "Fuga a 3 Soggetti."
668a: "Choral. Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen seyn Canto fermo in Soprano."
All without ascription
Model original publication, 1st edition (1751)

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                none
Condition of source heavy bleed-through;
no traces of use
Provenance L. Scholz - ? - Franconian private ownership - antique shop Schneider, Tutzing - Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen (1968)
Literature NBA VIII/2, critical report, pp. 70f.


18.07.06