D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Collective manuscript with parts of the "Art of Fugue", BWV 1080/8, 13,1 and 13,2

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 97 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 8.2.5)
Extent 7 sheets
Measurement, in cm 36,5 x 22,5
Rastrology, in cm 1,0
Paper/Watermark 'horn in a shield 2/I'
The paper of the cover is firmer and has the imprint of a paper mill: lily, below it "SUPER FINE / FINE"
Cleffing BWV 1080/8: soprano clef (violin clef)/alto clef/bass clef (tenore clef); BWV 1080/13,1 and 13,2: violin clef/soprano clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation The sheets are stitched with thread and paged/foliated: f. 2r: 1, f. 2v: 2, f. 3v: 3, f. 4v: 4, f. 5v: 5, f. 6v: 6
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
at the beginning written neatly, at the end more flightily, few corrections
Dating 18th century

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: blank (later was added the title)
f. 1v: blank
f. 2r: BWV 1080/8, mm. 1 - 41
f. 2v/3r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/8, mm. 42 - 117
f. 3v/4r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/8, mm. 118 - end
f. 4v/5r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/13,2, mm. 1 - 63a
f. 5v/6r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/13,2, mm. 63b - end; BWV 1080/13,1, mm. 1 - 51
f. 6v/7r (labelled continuously): BWV 1080/13,1, mm. 52 - end, beneath it 12 braces left blank
f. 7v - 14v: blank (ruled)
Title-heading BWV 1080/8: "Contrapunctus. 8. a 3."
BWV 1080/13,2: "Contrapunctus. a 3."
BWV 1080/13,1: "Contrapunctus inversus a. 3."
without ascription
Model presumably original publication

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                f. 1r, at the top, in the middle: "N. 12" (corrected from "57"), on the right: "N. 26" (corrected from "25") "d. C.", below it: "3. Contrapuncte / v. / S. Bach."
title page written by C. F. Guhr probably
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.
Remarks full score order with 2 braces


24.07.06