to the fact that at present more and more recordings of genishti's music are appearing, and as theyis the well -forgotten old among the students of the great johann sebastian bach were. only his sons, one of these students was his namesake, johann ludwig kreps. his surname gave bach's biographers a reason for a pun. in a stream , a single crab was caught. the pun is that bach, as we know, translates as a stream, and kreps in german is crab. apart from the sons of the great composer, johann ludwig kreps was his best and most beloved student. he proved himself to be an excellent organist and composer. a however , his music never received due recognition, and therefore this name was almost forgotten, yet we think that we have a complete the right to give a musician who lived three centuries ago a few minutes of attention. the great johann sebastian bach and his gifted student johann ludwig kreps had more than just a name in common. kreps, like bach, was the most outstanding representative of a musical dynasty. several generations of the family served as organists and canters in the cit