D-LEb, Bach-Archiv Leipzig
"Well-tempered Clavier I": prelude and fugue in C minor, BWV 847, and prelude and fugue in A major, BWV 864

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                              D-LEb Rara Ib, 119 (olim Rara II, 223, Faszikel 6) [aus Slg. Scholz]
Extent 2 leaves
Measurement, in cm 30 x 27,5
Paper/Watermark 'C & I HONIG'; b) dutch lion (Pro Patria Eiusque Libertate)
Rastrology 0,75
Cleffing violin (alto) clef / bass (soprano) clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation single sheet, not paged/foliated
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
written neatly, few corrections (BWV 847/2 more flighty)

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: BWV 864/2, mm. 24 - end
f. 1v: BWV 847/1, mm. 1 -37
f. 2r: BWV 847/1, mm. 38 - end; BWV 847/2
f. 2v: BWV 864/1; BWV 864/2, mm. 1 - 23
Title-heading BWV 864/1: "Praeludium"
BWV 864/2: -- (see "Foreign/later entries")
BWV 847: "Praeludium, moderato."
BWV 847/2: -- (see "Foreign/later entries")
all without ascription

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                In the headline of BWV 847/2: "Fuga 2"; in the headline of BWV 864/2: "Fuga 19".
The numbers were added behind the titles of the preludes, too.
Condition of source little bleed-through, no traces of use
Provenance L. Scholz - family property Scholz - C. F. Guhr - Klinckerfuß - antique shop Schneider/Tutzing - Leipzig, Bach-Archiv (2003)
Remarks The musical text of BWV 847/1 deviates at the end from the text of the other preserved sources (imprinted in NBW V/6.1, critical report, p. 153)


23.10.06