D-LEb, Bach-Archiv Leipzig
Collective manuscript with prelude in G major, BWV 577, prelude in A minor, BWV 865/1, and Fugue in A flat major (transposed to A major), BWV 862/2 ("Well-tempered Clavier I")

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                              D-LEb Rara Ib, 123 (olim Rara II, 223, Faszikel 10) [aus Slg. Scholz]
Extent 2 leaves
Measurement, in cm 37,5 x 27
Rastrology 0,8
Paper/Watermark 'IV' (in the middle of the sheet)
Cleffing violin clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation single sheet, paged (f. 2v ("1"), f. 1r ("2"))
Scribe Leonhard Scholz
written neatly, few corrections
Dating 18th century

2. Contents
Arrangement                             f. 1r: BWV 577, mm. 73 - end (18 braces left blank [heavy bleed-through])
f. 1v: BWV 862/2; BWV 865/1, mm. 1 - 15 [mm. 5 - 8 were forgotten first and later appended on the top of the leaf above BWV 862/1]
f. 2r: BWV 865/1, mm. 12 - end (18 braces left blank [heavy bleed-through]) f. 2v: BWV 577, mm. 1 - 72
Title-heading BWV 848/1: "Prelude."
BWV 864/2: "Fuga"
without ascription
Model D LEb Rara II, 223, fascicle VII

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                In the headline of BWV 577: "?"; in the headline of BWV 865/1: "20"; in the headline of BWV 862/2: "17"
Condition of source heavy 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 Several arrangements were made in the transposed fugue BWV 862/2 (e.g. in mm. 6, 13, 28 the soprano part is missing, so it was reduced to a three-part-texture - except for the chordal last measures).
Similar holds true for the prelude BWV 577; here the lower middle part was left out (e.g. in mm. 23-29 and 32).


24.10.06