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Barbara Reul

barbara.reul@uregina.ca

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The International Fasch Society Zerbst was founded in 1991. Its goals are twofold:
1) to research the lives of the Anhalt-Zerbst Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688—1758) and of his son Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736-1800), who was born in Zerbst and made a name for himself in music history by founding the Singakademie zu Berlin; 2) to popularize their neglected works by commissioning performing editions and organizing music festivals. The International Fasch Society contributes much to emphasize the importance of Central German Baroque Music in an international context. The "Feundeskreis J. F. Fasch" and later the "Arbeitskreis Johann Friedrich Fasch" in Zerbst and the Musicological Institute at the Kloster Michaelstein (Blankenburg/Harz) already promoted Fasch during the 1980s; the first Fasch Festival took place in 1983. The 11th International Fasch Festival is scheduled to take place in Zerbst/Anhalt from 7 to 17 April 2011 That year also marks the 275th birthday of Carl Fasch. 

If you have questions, don't hesitate to contact the Administrative Office in Zerbst (Mo-Fri 9 am-3:30 pm or e-mail IFaschG@t-online.de).                   

• Fasch News (NEW cantata by Fasch discovered; upcoming concerts and lectures, recent CD releases, b'day wishes, etc.)

• Biographies of J. F. and C. F. Ch. Fasch

• IFS-Publications, including Fasch-Studien (vol. 10 has just appeared!)

• Bibliographies on secondary sources regarding J. F. and C.F. Ch. Fasch

• Editions and Performance Materials of J. F. and C. F. Ch. Fasch

• Prima La Musica Internet Music shop: recent editions of music by J. F. Fasch 

• Fasch Discographies (in German only, to be translated soon)

• Faschiana Newsletter (1997-2004 in English; 2005-2008 in German only); the June 2009 issue is now available - in English (PDF, A4 size)!

• The Fasch Archive at Zerbst

• 10th International Fasch Festival, April 2008 (in German only)

• The Fasch Web Archive (links to previous Fasch Festivals web sites, all in German)

• Membership (includes application in PDF-format)

• Overview of Recipients of the Fasch Prize of the City of Zerbst (1993-2008)

• The City of Zerbst/Anhalt;

• Buchhandlung (Bookstore) Gast (buhagast@web.de) in Zerbst

• Schloss Zerbst (in German) - the Zerbst palace and its history

• Schloss Zerbst Förderverein (in German); dedicated to the renovation of the Zerbst palace ruins 

• Internationaler Förderverein "Katharina II." e. V. Zerbst (a website devoted to Russina Empress Catherine the Great, a former Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst)