KARL See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• KARL FRIEDRICH ABEL (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

ABEL (1725-1787)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German musician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Kothen in 1725, and died on the 2oth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1787 in See also:

• LONDON

London . He was a See also:

• GREAT

great player on the See also:

• VIOLA [Fr. viole, Ger. Bratsche, Ital. viola, alto]

viola da gamba, and composed much See also:

• MUSIC

music of importance in its See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day for that See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument . He studied under Johann See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian See also:

• BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (1685–1750)
• BACH, KARL PHILIPP EMANUEL (1714-1788)

Bach at the See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig Thomasschule; played for ten years (1748-T758) under A . See also:

• HASSE, JOHANN ADOLPH (1699-1783)

Hasse in the See also:

• BAND

band formed at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden by the elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony; and then, going to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, became (in 1759) chamber-musician to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte . He gave a See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert of his own compositions in London, performing on various See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments, one of which, the pentachord, was newly invented . In 1762 Johann See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Bach, the See also:

• ELEVENTH

eleventh son of Sebastian, came to London, and the friendship between him and See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel led, in 1764 or 1765, to the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the famous concerts subsequently known as the Bach and Abel concerts . For ten years these were organized by Mrs Cornelys, whose enterprises were then the height of See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion . In 1775 the concerts became See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of her, and were continued by Abel unsuccessfully for a See also:

• YEAR

year after Bach's See also:

• DEATH

death in 1782 . At them the See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (1732–1809)

Haydn were first produced in England . After the failure of his concert under-takings Abel still remained in great See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request as a player on various instruments new and old, but he took to drink and thereby hastened his death . He was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of striking presence, of whom several See also:

• FINE

fine portraits, including two by See also:

• GAINSBOROUGH
• GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS (1727-1788)

Gainsborough, exist .