Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)
- Cantate | Lobet den Herrn in seinem Heiligthum, | à 2 Clarin: |
Tympani |
2 Oboi | 2 Violin: | Viola, | Canto | Alto | Tenore | Basso et
Continuo (1770)
Performers: Gesine Adlеr (soprano); Britta Schwаrz (alto); Tobias Hungеr
(tenor); Tobias Bеrndt (bass);
Collegium Vocale Lеipzig; Mеrsеburger Hofmusik; Michael Schönhеit
(conductor)
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German composer and organist, eldest of the three sons of Johann Tobias
Krebs (1690-1762). He received his first musical instruction from his
father, including organ lessons as early as his 12th year. He later
studied with Johann Sebastian Bach on the organ. Bach (who had also
instructed Krebs's father) held Krebs in high standing. From a technical
standpoint, Krebs was unrivaled next to Bach in his organ proficiency.
However, he found it difficult to obtain a patron or a cathedral post.
His Baroque style was being supplanted by the newer galant music style
and the classical music era. Krebs took a small post in Zwickau, and in
1755 (five years after the death of Bach, which is normally referred to
as the end of the Baroque period) he was appointed court organist of
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg under Prince Friedrich. Krebs had seven children
and struggled to feed his family. Despite never holding a court composer
post, and never being commissioned for a work, Krebs was able to
compose a significant collection of works, though few were published
until the 1900s. Krebs’s three surviving sons were all musicians: Johann
Gottfried Krebs (1741-1814) was the Stadtkantor in Altenburg; Carl
Heinrich Gottlieb Krebs (1747-1793) was court organist in Eisenberg from
1774 but no compositions by him survive; Ehrenfried Christian Traugott
Krebs (1753-1804) succeeded his father as court organist at Altenburg
from 1780 and published a collection of six organ chorale preludes
(Leipzig, 1787); he also wrote a jubilee cantata (music lost) to a text
published in Altenburg in 1793. His son, Ferdinand Traugott Krebs, was
awarded the post of ‘Mittelorganist’ at Altenburg in 1808 but nothing
further is known of him.
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