It’s been a long time coming, but finally I decided to start a blog that will cover all the work we do here at Prima la musica! After almost 20 years of transcribing and editing “early music” – and publishing it myself for the past six – I thought it would be nice to share my love of my job with everyone out there, and reach out to hear their suggestions.
So whether you’re a performer, teacher, musicologist or simply a lover of early music (nowadays also known as HIP – “historically informed performance”), please drop me a line.
The Prima la musica! blog 
Dear friend,
I was happy to be linked to your blog by the homepage of the Intern. Faschgesellschaft in Zerbst – didn’t we meet there last year during the Fasch-week? – and read about your new findings. Being also an enthusiastic Fasch-fan, I am alwas happy to read about more of his work rediscovered. Waiting to hear affirmative news from Vienna concerning your “new” cantata! Yes – from the piece of writing even I myself could see Fasch’s handwriting – he always held his quill in such a way that the horisontal lines were thicker than the vertical ones.
Hoping to hear and read more from you soon, I remain with my best wishes!
Yours
Kaj Engelhart
Journalist/Editor in Stockholm, Sweden
Brian,
I enjoyed reading your blogs. In the early 1970’s I became fasicinated with the music of Fasch. I performed and edited a serenata for part of my doctoral work at University of Oregon. I still have some of the works I collected and printed out from the microfilm. The work was extremely satisfying, however, I regret that as I persued a career in teaching I never returned to musicology. One puzzle left over from my work. In many of his manuscripts Fasch occaisionaly draws vertical lines grouping a number of measures together (usually three I believe). I never discovered what this meant. I enjoy his music and while at the end of my career I still want to visit Zerbst.