Schmahl Organ Tablatures

The Schmahl Organ Tablatures (de: Schmahls Orgeltabulaturen), is a collection of five manuscripts which is currently housed in the Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Kraków. The bundle (de: "Das Konvolut") contains works by Dietrich Buxtehude, Vincent Lübeck, Nicolaus Bruhns, and others.

Provenance

The manuscripts were owned by Heinrich Schmahl, the organist at St. Jacobi in Hamburg, before his death in 1892. After this, they were owned by Philipp Spitta, then by the Berlin Königliche Bibliothek (accession number 1907.828). At a later point, they were housed in the Staatsbibliothek Berlin until 1945, and now are located in Kraków. The manuscripts are apparently not stored under the shelfmark Mus. ms. 40295, or any other shelfmark.

Contents

The title page has the following text (italics represent later additions by librarians).

Mus. ms. 40295 M 1907.828 / Sehr werthvolle / alte / theilweise Original-Manuscripte / in Tabulaturschrift / geschreiben, / enthaltent / Orgelstücke von D. Buxtehude, Vinzent Lübeck, / N. Bruhns, Leyding, / aus dem Nachlaß / des weil Org. Redekers, / welcher sie aus Org. Westphals (Org. zu St Nicolai, / und Schüler Kittels) Nachlaß erstanden. / 5 Hefte

Contents of the Schmahl Organ Tablatures

Photo	Title	Incipit	Notes	Ref.
Mus.ms. 40295/1
1	Mus.ms. 40295/1 / M 1907.828 / Buxtehude. / 5 Blatt / (St)		BuxWV 151
2-5	Praeludium / D B H. / Ao 1696 den 25 Junius
Mus.ms. 40295/2
6	Mus.ms. 40295/2 / M 1907.828 / XXX / 1)Praeludium exet Fuga / ex Gb. / V. Lübeck. / XXX / 2)Praeludium et Fuga / ex C# / V Lubeck. / XXX / (St) / J H B / Anno 17[...] / d 24 J
7-10	Praeludium / ex Gb / V: L.
11-13	Praeludium / ex C# / D / V: L
Mus.ms. 40295/3
14	Mus.ms. 40295/3 / Praeambulum ex E# / V Lübeck / Praeambulum ex Cb / V. Lübeck / Praeambulum ex Db. / V. Lübeck / (St) / aus H. Schamhl's Nachlass.
15-17	Praeamb: / ex E# / V Lübeck
18-19	Praeamb / et Fuga / ex Cb V Lübeck
Mus.ms. 40295/4
20	Mus.ms. 40295/4 / M 1907.828 / Bruhns. Buxtehude / 6 Blatt (1 unbeschr.) / Praeludium / ex E / Com Pedahl / di / NBruhns / Praeludium ex D / Com Pedahl (St) / di / S. B. H.
21-22	Praeludium / ex E / di / NBruhns		Kleine Praeludium
23-24	Praeludium / di / D. B. H.		BuxWV 139
Mus.ms. 40295/5
25	M 1907.828 / Mus.ms. 40295/5 Leyding / 12 Blatt / I: N: I: A / Preludia: / Pedal: / Di / Leyding / Cop. / Cop. / (St)Cop.:
26-29	Praeludium / ex: B:h / Di / Leyding Ped:
30-32	I: N: I: A: / Praeludium / Di Leyding / Ped:
33-35	Praeludium / ex D / Dj: Leyding Pedal:		Actually "ex Dis"
36	Fuga:

Reference

Beckmann, Klaus (editor). Dietrich Buxtehude: Sämtliche Orgelwerke, Band II. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1997.

Beckmann, Klaus (editor). Vincent Lübeck: Sämtliche Orgelwerke. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1973.

Belotti, Michael. Die freien Orgelwerke Dietrich Buxtehudes: Überlieferungsgechichtliche und stilkritische Studien. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, 1995. 72-79