Johann Ludwig Krebs

Johann Ludwig Krebs (baptized 12 October 1713 – 1 January 1780) was a German Baroque musician and composer for the pipe organ, harpsichord, other instruments and orchestras.

[citation needed] However, Krebs found it difficult to obtain a patron or a cathedral post.

[citation needed] Krebs took a small post in Zwickau,[1] and in 1755 he was appointed court organist of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg under Prince Friedrich.

[citation needed] Krebs's counterpoint is considered by many to be comparable to Bach's, but it was old-fashioned and excessively complex for the galant era, which espoused clarity and simplicity.

[citation needed] Krebs's Fantasia in F minor for oboe and organ is one of his best-known works, as is the Eight Short Preludes and Fugues that are sometimes attributed to him as well as to his father and J. S. Bach.