Krebs: Organ Works

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Cat No: 8553924

Release Date: 03 January 2000

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Barcode: 730099492423

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: KREBS

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Johann Ludwig Krebs(1713-1780)Organ Works Vol. 1The most distinguished of Johann Sebastian Bach's pupils, Johann LudwigKrebs was born in Buttelstedt in 1713, the eldest son of a musician, JohannTobias Krebs. The latter, serving as organist at Buttelstedt before moving tosimilar employment at the Michaeliskirche in Buttstadt, had for two yearstravelled twice a week to Weimar for lessons with Johann Gottfried Walther,organist from 1707 at the church of St Peter and St Paul, and with Walther'skinsman, Johann Sebastian Bach. Johann Ludwig had his early lessons from hisfather and was able, in 1726, to enter the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where Bachhad moved in 1723 as Cantor. The boy continued his studies there for the nextnine years, finally leaving to enter the university, where he was stillavailable for performance in the collegium musicum under Bach's direction. Hewas also able to help his former teacher in music at the Thomaskirche,particularly, it has been suggested, in the aftermath of Bach's dispute withthe Rector of the Thomasschule over the appointment of a competent prefect. In1735 Bach had provided his pupil with a testimonial, recommending him as amusician of distinction, a player of the keyboard, violin and lute and aproficient composer. Two years later Krebs was appointed organist at theMarienkirche in Zwickau. In 1744 he moved to Zeitz as castle organist andfinally, in 1755, after failure to succeed Bach in Leipzig on the latter'sdeath in 1750, settled at Altenburg as organist at the court of PrinceFriedrich of Gotha-Altenburg. He retained this position until his death in1780.Krebs was highly regarded by his contemporaries as an organist and as acomposer. His style reflects that of his teacher, modified at times by thedevelopments of the second half of the century. At the same time he did much topreserve works by Bach that he copied, both as a pupil and in subsequent years.A later writer recalled Bach's play on his pupil's name and his own, with thewords einzigen Krebs im Bache (the only crayfish [Krebs] in thestream [Bach]). His younger brothers had also been pupils of Bach at theThomasschule, but did not choose to follow careers in music, preferring academic life. Thethree sons of Johann Ludwig, however, continued the family tradition, onesucceeding his father as court organist at Altenburg.The Toccata et Fuga in E major, with the initial direction Praeludiocon discrezione, starts, as certain of Bach's toccatas had done, with anextended passage for the pedals alone, after which the manuals enter with asequence over a sustained pedal note, proceeding through various changes of keyto a grandiose conclusion. The following fugue is introduced by the alto voice,followed in an overlapping answer by the tenor. The third voice is provided bythe pedals, with an overlapping entry in the top voice. The texture unwinds intraditional Baroque form, with varied entries of the subject, inversions andmoments of relative repose over sustained pedal note
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