Carl Friedrich Abel

Abel was born in Köthen, In 1762, Johann Christian Bach, a son of J. S. Bach, joined him in London, and the friendship between him and Abel led, in 1764 or 1765, to the establishment of the famous Bach-Abel concerts, England's first subscription concerts. Abel died in London on 20 June 1787. He was buried in the churchyard of St Pancras Old Church. == Works ==

One of Abel's works became famous due to a misattribution: in the 19th century, a manuscript symphony in the hand of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was catalogued as his Symphony No. 3 in E flat, K. 18, and was published as such in the first complete edition of Mozart's works by Breitkopf & Härtel. Later, it was discovered that this symphony was actually the work of Abel, copied by the boy Mozart, evidently for study purposes, while he was visiting London in 1764. That symphony was originally published as the concluding work in Abel's Six Symphonies, Op. 7. A first catalogue of Abel's works was published in 1971 by , Abel-Werkverzeichnis, with 233 work numbers. In 2015 new manuscripts of Abel's viola da gamba music were found in the library of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, in a collection from the Maltzahn family palace in the town of Milicz in Poland, originally brought back from London by . Many of them were published by Edition Güntersberg. A new catalogue, of now 420 works, was published by Ortus Musikverlag in 2023, Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel or AbelWV, edited by Günter von Zadow. It takes into account many newly discovered works, and additional sources for known works. Major works by opus number • Op. 1: 6 Overtures or Sinfonias (1761) • Op. 2: 6 Sonatas for keyboard, and violin and cello (ad libitum) (1760) • Op. 3: 6 Trio Sonatas for 2 violins and basso continuo (1762) • Op. 4: 6 Overtures or Sinfonias (1762) • Op. 5: 6 Sonatas for keyboard, and violin and cello (ad libitum) (1762) • Op. 6: 6 Sonatas for keyboard and flute (1763) • Op. 7: 6 Symphonies (1767) • Op. 8: 6 String Quartets (1768) • Op. 9: 6 Trio Sonatas for violin, cello and basso continuo (1771) • Op. 10: 6 Symphonies (1771) • Op. 11: 6 Concerti for keyboard and strings (1771) • Op. 12: 6 Flute Quartets (1774) • Op. 13: 6 Sonatas for keyboard and violin (1777) • Op. 14: 6 Symphonies (1778) • Op. 15: 6 String Quartets (1780) • Op. 16: 4 Trio Sonatas for 2 flutes and basso continuo (1781) • Op. 16: 6 Trio Sonatas for violin, viola and cello (1782) • Op. 17: 6 Symphonies (1785) • Op. 18: 6 Sonatas for keyboard and violin (1784) == Abel Fest ==

As Abel was born in 1723, the city of Köthen announced an international tricentennial festival around his music on four days in June 2023, held at historic locations including the palace and its gardens. It was initiated by gambist and musicologist Thomas Fritzsch. The city also created a biennial Abel Prize. The first recipients in 2023 were Leonore von Zadow-Reichling and Günter von Zadow of Edition Güntersberg for their efforts to retrieve and publish Abel's works. They published more than 150, many as first publications. ==Notes and references==

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