[Collection of fragments and a Sonata for keyboard in G major]: MU.MS.635

Titles

[Collection of fragments and a Sonata for keyboard in G major]
Sonatas, harpsichord, G major (GB Cfm MU.MS.635)

Maker(s)

Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Binder (person): Brockman, James (bookbinder)

Categories

• Manuscript (music)

Description

4 leaves of ms. music ; 32 cm.

The sonata is a single movement, of f. 2v-4r; the fragments are on f. 1r and 4v ; f. 1v-2 are blank staves.
Copyist manuscript in ink.
Paper: 12 staves (251x183mm); watermarks: 3 crescent moons ; countermark: bow and arrow.
Binding: received unbound. Bound in quarter oasis niger, with marbled paper sides and vellum tips by James R. Brockman, July 1982.
1.1.1 kbd [Sonata] G G-2 xF c {6'B''C}/{8DD}{6DC'BA}{8G''G}{6'DGB''D}/
2.1.1 kbd [Fragment 1] d G-2 4,A/4.'D8CDE/4.F8E4D/G4.F8G/2E8-A/
3.1.1 kbd [Fragment 2] A G-2 xFCG 4''E/2C4'B/2A4''E/2F4G/2A//4E/2F4E
4.1.1 kbd [Fragment 3] G G-2 xF c 2'BA/4GD,BG/2''DC/4'BGD,B/
5.1.1 kbd [Fragment 5] e G-2 xF 4'E/GB''ED/C'BAG/FA''DC/
6.1.1 kbd [Fragment 6] d G-2 xFC 4''DF{8.A6B}/4AG{8FE}/{DF}4A{8.'''D6E}/4DC''B/

Contents
f. 1r. lines 1-2 [Fragment 1 : 5 bars for keyboard in D minor] ; lines 3-4 [Fragment 2] Mon.[?] Mor.[?] Mr.[?] 3.57 [complete melody (14 bars) and bass in A major] ; lines 5, 7 & 9 [Fragment 3 : 14 bars for keyboard, right hand only, in G major] -- f. 1v-2 [Blank staves] -- f. 2v-4 [Sonata movement in G major] -- f. 4v. (reversed), line 1 [Fragment 4 : unbarred melodic fragment] ; lines2-3 [Fragment 5 : Incomplete melody (13 bars) in E minor or G major] ; lines 4 & 6 [Fragment 6 : Complete air (16 bars) for keyboard, right hand only, in D major]

Notes

History note: Provenance: possibly part of the Ferrar's material from Magdalene College, 1915.