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Carl Friedrich Abel

1723 - 1787

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Carl Friedrich Abel (22 December 1723: 3  – 20 June 1787) was a German composer of the pre-Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba, and produced significant compositions for that instrument. He was director of music at the Dresden court from 1743, and moved to London in 1759, becoming chamber-musician to Queen Charlotte in 1764. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Friedrich Abel has received more than 166,755 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Carl Friedrich Abel is the 264th most popular composer (down from 211th in 2019), the 1,053rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 795th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Composer.

Carl Friedrich Abel was a German composer and violinist. He was most famous for his violin concertos.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carl Friedrich Abel ranks 264 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antonia Brico, Johann Christoph Bach, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Johann Mattheson. After him are Fromental Halévy, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Hanns Eisler, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Georges Auric.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Carl Friedrich Abel ranks 6. Before him are Adam Smith, Baron d'Holbach, Frederick V of Denmark, Joshua Reynolds, and Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. After him are Adam Ferguson, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Jean-François Marmontel, and Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg. Among people deceased in 1787, Carl Friedrich Abel ranks 6. Before him are Christoph Willibald Gluck, Leopold Mozart, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Alphonsus Liguori, and Louise of France. After him are Pompeo Batoni, Şahin Giray, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, and Johann Karl August Musäus.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Friedrich Abel ranks 1,053 out of 7,253. Before him are Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658), Erich Kempka (1910), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Manfred Rommel (1928), and Bert Sakmann (1942). After him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Michel Bréal (1832), Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719), Hanns Eisler (1898), Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511), and Anthony of Saxony (1755).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Carl Friedrich Abel ranks 37. Before him are Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Eduard Künneke (1885), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), and Johann Mattheson (1681). After him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Hanns Eisler (1898), Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), Carl Reinecke (1824), Carl Stamitz (1745), and Johann Jakob Froberger (1616).

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