D-WRgs, Weimar, Goete-Schiller-Archiv
Copy of BWV 769

1. Appearance
Shelfmark                              Hs. 3. Goethe-Notensammlung Nr. 431e
Extent 4 leaves
Measurement, in cm 37 x 22
Rastrology 0,9
Paper/Watermark hardly to identify because the paper is very thick
Cleffing soprano clef/bass clef
Safe-keeping/Quire/Foliation 1 Binio
Scribe unknown scribe

2. Contents
Arrangement                          f. 1r: BWV 769, "Variatio I." (beneath the 2nd system), "in Canone / all' Ottava / á / 2. Clav: et / Pedal" (before the brace), mm. 1 - 18
"Variatio 2." (beneath the 2nd brace), "Alio modo / in Canone / ...alla Quinta / á 2. Clav: / et Pedal" (before the accolade), mm. 1 - 14a
f. 1v: mm. 14b - 23
"Variatio / 3 / Cànone alla / Settima" (before the accolade), mm. 1 - 27
f. 2r: "Variatio 4. à 2. Clav: et Pedal. per augmentationem Canone all'ottava" (above the 1st brace), mm. 1 - 18
f. 2v: mm. 19 - 30
f. 3r: mm. 31 - 42
f. 3v: "Variatio 5." (beneath the 3rd brace), "L'altra Sorte del Canone all' roverscio, / 1.) alla Sèsta, 2.) alla Terza, 3.) alla Seconda e 4.) alla Nona. / 1. alla Sèsta" (über dem ersten System), mm. 1 - 28
f. 4r: mm. 29 - 45
f. 4v: mm. 46 - 56
Title-heading "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her"

3. Miscellaneous
Foreign/later entries                paging with pencil from f. 1v ("2") to f. 4r ("7")
Condition of source comparatively good (partly heavy bleed-through, water stains)
Provenance ? - J. W. von Goethe (1815) - Goethe-Nachlaß - 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, pp. 351f.
Remarks Partly there are notes for pedal use.


08.05.07