Abel

(a-bel), Karl Fried rich, last viola da gamba player compr. b. Cothen, Ger., 1725; d. London, June 20, 1787. Trained by father, Christian Ferdinand (at court of Cothen, 1720- 1737) and at the Thoma chule, Leipzig, by J. S. Bach; lived in London after 1759; gave concerts there with J. C. Bach; composed concertos, sonatas, etc., and works (many unpublished) for viola da gamba. J. B. Cramer a pupil.