D-Gb, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut, Göttingen
Scholz collection
Fragment of a copy of the ricercar à 3 from the "Musical Offering", BWV 1079/1, and arrangement of the "grave"-part of the sinfonia in C minor (from the "Clavier-Übung"I), BWV 826/1
(the second part is in D LEb Rara II, 223, fascicle 20)

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                                  D-LEb Rara Ib, 111 (olim D Gb Ms. Scholz 8.1.1)
Extent 1 leaf
Measurement, in cm 36-27,5
Rastrology, in cm 0,7
Paper/Watermark 'Honig 2'
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef (alto clef)
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation not paged
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
BWV 1079/1 is almost a clean copy, BWV 826 shows a flighty typeface partly; few corrections
Dating 18th century

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: BWV 1079/1, mm. 1 - 97a
f. 1v: BWV 826/6, mm. 83 - end (below it 8 braces left blank), BWV 826/1 (arrangement)
the missing 2nd leaf is in D LEb Rara II, 223, fascicle 20
Title-heading BWV 1079/1: "Bachs Fuga Das Thema von König in Preusen [!]"
BWV 826/1: without title and ascription
Model presumably original publication

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                none
Condition of source bleed-through, pasted on the edge;
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 VIII/1, critical report, p. 84


17.07.06