D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Collective manuscript with the fugue in C minor, BWV 574 (arrangement for playing on manuals only) and the rondo in E major (from the "Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber III") by C. Ph. E. Bach, Wq 57/1 (H 265)

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 105 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 4.6.5)
Extent 1 sheet
Measurement, in cm 46,5-47 x 33 (format of the leaves!)
Rastrology, in cm 0,9
Paper/Watermark 'Honig 1'
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation single sheet, not paged/foliated
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
Dating presumably after 1781 (dating of the first edition of the rondo in E major by C. Ph. E. Bach)

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: BWV 574, mm. 82 - end
f. 1v: Wq 57/1 (H 265), mm. 1 - 60
f. 2r: Wq 57/1, mm. 61 - end
f. 2v: BWV 574, mm. 1 - 81
Title-heading BWV 574: "[...] da Johann Sebastian Bach" (loss of text because of a ripped off corner in the fold)
Wq 57/1: "[...] Da C F E Bach"
Model BWV 574: lost source, see NBA IV/5-6, critical report, p. 730
Wq 57/1: first edition Leipzig (Breitkopf) 1871?

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                f. 1r, at the top: "N. 16", at the bottom: "N. 16"; f. 2r: "No I."
Condition of source rather bad (loss of text because of heavy bleed-through and ink corrosion, ripped on the edges), no traces of use
Provenance L. Scholz - ? - Franconian private ownership - antique shop Schneider, Tutzing - Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen (1968)
Literature NBA IV/5-6, critical report, p. 162;
C. Blanken: "Orgelwerke der Sammlung Scholz in ihrer Beziehung zu Nürnberger Instrumenten", in: "Vom Klang der Zeit" (= Festschrift Klaus Hofmann) ed. by U. Wolf and U. Bartels), Wiesbaden 2004, pp. 44-68 (especially pp. 64f.)
Remarks The arrangement of BWV 574 shows traces which point at an adaption for piano (in mm. 57/58 the discant is transposed to d''') and the pedal part is not notated.


16.06.06