D-WRgs, Weimar, Goete-Schiller-Archiv
Copy of the 2nd part of the Welltempered Clavier, BWV 870-893

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                              GSA 32/430
Extent 62 leaves + 2 flyleaves
Measurement, in cm f. 1-11, 18-29, 36-52: 34,5 x 20,5
f. 12 -17, 30-35, 53-62: 34 x 21
Rastrology 0,9
Paper/Watermark f. 1-11, 18-29, 36-52: crowned coat of arms with an eagle on the right and a chaplet on the left side
f. 12 -17, 30-35, 53-62: a) lily, b) ? (the watermarks are hardly to identify because the paper is very thick)
Cleffing soprano clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation The manuscript is stitched with thread and bound into a firm cover (label on the back: "Bach's / Fugen / 2. Theil").
Scribe unknown scribe
Dating
2nd half of 18th century

2. Contents
Arrangement                          f.1r: title page
f. 1v: BWV 870, "Preludio. 1.", mm. 1 - 18; f. 2r: mm. 19 - 34; f. 2v: "Fuga. a 3.", mm. 1 - 42; f. 3r: mm. 43 - 83
f. 3v: BWV 871, "Preludio. 2.", mm. 1 - 16; f. 4r: mm. 17 - 28; f. 4v: "Fuga. a 4.", mm. 1 - 16; f. 5r: mm. 17 - 28
f. 5v: BWV 872/1, "Preludio. 3.", mm. 1 - 19; f. 6r: mm. 20 - 50
f. 6v: BWV 873, "Preludio. 4.", mm. 1 - 29; beneath it 1 leaf cut out; f. 7r: mm. 30 - 62; f. 7v: "Fuga. a 3.", mm. 1 - 21; f. 8r: mm. 22 - 42; f. 8v: mm. 43 - 61; f. 9r: mm. 62 - 71
f. 9v: BWV 874, "Preludio. 5.", mm. 1 - 10a; f. 10r: mm. 10b - 16; f. 10v: mm. 17 - 36a; f. 11r: mm. 36b - 56; f. 11v: "Fuga. a 4.", mm. 1 - 28; f. 12r: mm. 29 - 50
f. 12v: BWV 875, "Preludio. 6.", mm. 1 - 32; f. 13r: mm. 33 - 61; f. 13v: "Fuga. a 3.", mm. 1 - 14; f. 14r: mm. 15 - 27
f. 14v: BWV 876, "Preludio. 7.", mm. 1 - 33; f. 15r: mm. 34 - 71; f. 15v: "Fuga. à, 4.", mm. 1 - 38; f. 16r: mm. 39 - 70
f. 16v: BWV 877, "Preludio. 8.", mm. 1- 19; f. 17r: mm. 20 - 36; f. 17v: "Fuga. a 4.", mm. 1 - 23; f. 18r: mm. 24 - 46
f. 18v: BWV 878, "Preludio. 9.", mm. 1 - 27; f. 19r: mm. 28 - 54; f. 19v: "Fuga. a, 4.", mm. 1 - 21; f. 20r: mm. 22 - 43
f. 20v: BWV 879, "Preludio. 10.", mm. 1 - 47; f. 21r: mm. 48 - 108; f. 21v: "Fuga. à 3.", mm. 1 - 28a; f. 22r: mm. 28b - 49; f. 22v: mm. 50 - 67; f. 23r: mm. 68 - 86
f. 23v: BWV 880, "Preludio. 11., mm. 1 - 19a; f. 24r: mm. 19b - 35; f. 24v: mm. 36 - 54; f. 25r: mm. 55 - 72; f. 25v: "Fuga. à 3.", mm. 1 - 54; f. 26r: mm. 55 - 99
f. 26v: BWV 881, mm. 1 - 36; f. 27r: mm. 37 - 70; f. 27v: "Fuga. à 3.", mm. 1 - 40; f. 28r: mm. 41 - 85
f. 28v: BWV 882, "Preludio. 13.", mm. 1 - 36; f. 29r: mm. 37 - 75; f. 29v: "Fuga. a. 3.", mm. 1 - 28; f. 30r: mm. 29 - 52; f. 30v: mm. 53 - 72; f. 31r: mm. 73 - 84
f. 31v: BWV 883, "Preludio. 14.", mm. 1 - 20; f. 32r: mm. 21 - 43; f. 32v: "Fuga. a 3.", mm. 1 - 20; f. 33r: mm. 21 - 37; f. 33v: mm. 38 - 55; f. 34r: mm. 56 - 70
f. 34v: BWV 884, "Preludio. 15.", mm. 1 - 24; f. 35r: mm. 25 - 48;; f. 35v: "Fuga. a 3.", mm. 1 - 43; f. 36r: mm. 44 - 72
f. 36v: BWV 885, "Preludio. 16. / Largo.", mm. 1 - 13a; f. 37r: mm. 13b - 21; f. 37v: "Fuga. a 4.", mm. 1 - 23; f. 38r: mm. 24 - 44; f. 38v: mm. 45 - 65; f. 39r: mm. 66 - 84
f. 39v: BWV 886, "Preludio. 17.", mm. 1 - 20; f. 40r: mm. 21 - 37; f. 40v: mm. 38 - 57; f. 41r: mm. 58 - 77
f. 41v: "Fuga. a. 4.", mm. 1 - 26a; f. 42r: mm. 26b - 50
f. 42v: BWV 887, "Preludio. 18.", mm. 1 - 14; f. 43r: mm. 15 - 24; f. 43v: mm. 25 - 38; f. 44r: mm. 39 - 50; f. 44v: "Fuga. a. 3.", mm. 1 - 34; f. 45r: mm. 35 - 68; f. 45v: mm. 69 - 106; f. 46r: mm. 107 - 143
f. 46v: BWV 888, "Preludio. 19.", mm. 1 - 18; f. 47r: mm. 19 - 33
f. 47v: "Fuga, á 3.", mm. 1 - 15; f. 48r: mm. 16 - 29
f. 48v: BWV 889, "Preludio. 20.", mm. 1 - 17; f. 49r: mm. 18 - 32; f. 49v: "Fuga", mm. 1 - 16a; f. 50r: mm. 16b - 28
f. 50v: BWV 890, "Preludio. 21.", mm. 1 - 19; f. 51r: mm. 20 - 32; f. 51v: mm. 33 - 60; f. 52r: mm. 61 - 87; f. 52v: "Fuga. a. 3.", mm. 1 - 46; f. 53r: mm. 47 - 93
f. 53v: BWV 891, "Preludio. 22.", mm. 1 - 45a; f. 54r: mm. 45b - 83; f. 54v: "Fuga. a. 4.", mm. 1 - 31a; f. 55r: mm. 31b - 60; f. 55v: mm. 61 - 85a; f. 56r: mm. 85b - 101
f. 56v: BWV 892, "Preludio. 23", mm. 1 - 23a; f. 57r: mm. 23b - 46; f. 57v: "Fuga. a 4.", mm. 1 - 28; f. 58r: mm. 29 - 47; f. 58v: mm. 48 - 76a; f. 59r: mm. 76b - 104
f. 59v: BWV 893, "Preludio. Allegro. 24.", mm. 1 - 33; f. 60r: mm. 34 - 66; f. 60v: "Fuga. a 3.", mm. 1 - 53; f. 61r: mm. 54 - 100; f. 61v - 62v: ruled but otherwise blank
Title page   "24. Praeludien und / Fugen, aus allen Tonarten. / Von / Joh: Seb: Bach. / IIter Theil."
Beneath it stamp: "GRAF L. HENCKEL v. D. u. Dr. VULPIUS - STIFTUNG -

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries              none
Condition of source comparatively good (partly heavy bleed-through, leaves have darkened)
Provenance (C. F. Zelter - J. W. v. Goethe - Goethe's estate)? - Stiftung Graf Leo Henckel von Donnersmarck und F. Vulpius - Goethe Nationalmuseum (1885) - Weimar, Goethe-Schiller-Archiv
Literature Wisso Weiß: Zum Papier einiger Bach-Handschriften in der Goethe Notensammlung, in: Bachiana et alia musicologica, Kassel, Basel, London, New York 1983
Remarks Partly there are notes concerning the quire on top of the leaves (e.g. on the fourth sheet: "2te lage").
The manuscript shows several corrections. The fugue in C sharp major was left out and not detatched later, because the paging is not discontinued beneath the fifth leave.


02.05.07