Krebs, Fantasie in F minor (Fantasy, Fantasia, oboe)

FAQ

Q: I've never heard of Krebs; who was he?
A: He was a musician, about the same time as J. S. Bach. He studied with Bach, in fact. He was an okay composer, but not in J. S. Bach's league. You can read a little more about him here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Ludwig_Krebs

Q: Who is playing this piece?
A: Nobody; it was synthetically generated from the music notation program Sibelius. That's why the ornaments are so regular and the expression is rather bland.

Q: What instruments are we hearing?
Q: The instruments in this recording are (synthetic) oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, and bassoon. The piece was originally written for oboe and organ.

Q: Is there a way I could make the bar-graph scores like this myself?
A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate this display; you can get the (Windows) software here:
http://www.musanim.com/player/
There are lots of places on the web where you can get MIDI files; I usually go to the Classical Archives site first:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Q: I'd like to play (or play with) this piece; where is the score (or MIDI file)?
A: Here are the score and parts:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/KrebsFantasie_score.pdf
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/KrebsFantasie_oboe.pdf
Here is a MIDI file (that corresponds to the score)
http://www.musanim.com/mid/KrebsFantasie.mid

Q: Could you please do a MAM video of _________?
A: First, check my "to do" list:
http://www.musanim.com/all/MAMToDoList.html ...
If the piece isn't listed, read the "Could you please do a MAM video of _________?" item on my main FAQ:
http://www.musanim.com/mam/mamfaq.html#copyright ...
and if you think I'd consider doing it, email me (stephen at musanim dot com).
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• counterpoint
• bach
• organ
• oboe
• johann
• ludwig
• baroque

[PandaLily3]

i used to watch your videos over and over and over until i got M.E. and i still love them. although they make me dizzy now, i still watch them often. im aiming to be a music teacher and these videos help me study certain pieces of music. my favourites are fantasie and canon, but i would love to see some of tchaikovsky's work on your music animator. do you have any of his work on youtube (nutcracker suite etc.) you and your work inspires me and makes me very very happy when i am down, thank you

[smalin]

@PandaLily3 I did a couple of selections from the Nutcracker, but they are only on my DVD (see my website); I won't put them on YouTube until I've sold all the DVDs.

[parquar]

To be fair I wouldn't say that anybody is on Bach's level if Krebs is not. I have begun listening to his fugues and such and they are very good. Works like the Art of Fugue bring it to the next level but I don't think composers like Mozart, Beethoven, etc ever produced anything on that level either. Of course Mozart had the raw talent, but it is about what can be done with that.

[smalin]

@parquar It depends what "level" we're talking about. Krebs could write "straight counterpoint" completely competently, and he had a very good sense of harmony. However, I don't find his music as strong, structurally as Bach's, or Handel's, or even Vivaldi's (not that Handel or Vivaldi are at Bach's level in all areas). I've played a lot of Krebs's music (organ music, sonatas, etc.), and it's all good, but none of it is transcendent. The fact that this is his best-known piece says something.

[lennic95]

Wow weird instrumentation! Did you do it, smalin? I play the oboe and subsequently the Cor Anglais but to put them with a bass clarinet and a bassoon...is original

[smalin]

@lennic95 Yes, the combination was my idea.

[PandaLily3]

could you please do the flower duet by delibes? i think it would look and sound amazing

[RoofTopPiano]

this song totally suits my personality....

[biggerfiddle]

Seeing as how you've done some work with solo classical guitar, may I recommend Sylvius Leopold Weiss' baroque lute music? There are 9 CDs of his lute sonatas on the Naxos label, played by Robert Barto. The range of the baroque lute is huge, the deepest notes are below the cello's bottom C. I would put Weiss' music at the top with the very best, and Barto's playing is amongst the most musical I have ever heard.

[amazingwave]

@parquar I don't know a lot about music, if anything about classical except for the names of pieces and styles but I have to agree with you. I just find Bach's music more entertaining and frivolous not to say that other composers are bad but I just don't feel the same excitement or emotion that I do when I listen to Bach.

[Radeir1]

Que delícia de cadência

belamente pontilhada

- smalin, você é um amor!

[garyleung142857]

the bass should be stronger