GG: Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H (BWV 898)

["Brian A. Eisemann" <friendly@mail.utexas.edu>]

Hello,
	I'm a new person to this list, and the first thing I'd like to do is
thank Mary Jo for providing this valuable resource.  A little about
myself:  I'm a 21 year old student at the University of Texas in Austin,
where I'm studying Music Education, with piano as my primary
instrument.  I've been a fan of Glenn Gould for about five years, and
I'm fascinated by both his playing and his life.  My latest musical
endeavor is what has brought me to this list:
	About two months ago, I came across the Sony Classical recording of
GG's Art of Fugue.  I'd been looking for this off and on forever and was
excited to see is at Borders, a large music/bookstore chain.  The Art of
Fugue on there is really super-cool.  Despite that I thought the piano
recordings of the AoF were the least precise playing of his I've heard
(I know, I know those fugues are amazingly difficult...), I still loved
them.  I highly recommend the disc.  The final piece on the disc is
Bach's Prelude and Fugue on the Name "B-A-C-H", BWV 898.  Instantly, I
became fascinated by this piece, because I LOVE obscure music and had
never heard of this before.  Since I wanted to play a prelude and fugue
for my upcoming jury in May, I knew I had found my piece.  I did a
search at the extensive music library here at the University, and was
quite lucky to find a copy of the sheet music, not found in the two huge
catalogs of his music or any stand-alone volume, but rather in the rare
books collection at another museum/library on campus, called the Harry
Ransom Center.  The music at the library was an original from 1828(?)
published in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Hartel.  It was quite an ordeal even
getting at the music, and I was lucky that they were able to make a
photocopy for me to have.  This music is quite intriguing.  It contains
at few misprints that I've found, the first being on the first chord. 
The chord should be Bb Major and it is, but contains an A natural in the
left hand, sounds absolutely horrible.  There are other reasons for
wanting a different edition of the music.  First, there are some slur
marks (that GG does not follow) that are curious, as Bach did not
include many slur marks in his music.  Also, there is a *ped* indication
in a few spots, and one dynamic marking, a ff near the end of the
piece.  I have searched everywhere for another edition and have been
unsuccessful, though I did find that Schirmer may have published it in
1907 (S. 19116), and I will write them a letter tomorrow asking if they
have a copy.  
	So, I was wondering if any of you Gouldians out there in internet-land
have a copy of this music, possibly another recording, or any
information whatsoever about this piece.  There is nothing in the liner
notes about it, one of the very sources I found on the internet said
that the fact that JS Bach even wrote it is in dispute, and the
Schweitzer biography of Bach has nothing about it.
	Glenn has led me to love playing the music of Gibbons and has now taken
me on this mystery tour in search of this strange but wonderful piece of
music.  Thanks a lot for any input, and have a happy day.

Brian Eisemann