1674 Noel Serault Kupferstich Portrait Clamor Heinrich Abel

Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634 – 25 July 1696) was a German composer,

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player and organist. Abel was born in Hünnefeld,

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. He worked as a court musician in Köthen, an organist in

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and from 1666, as a ducal chamber musician in

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. From 1694, he was ''Obermusicus'' in Bremen and he remained at this post until his death at Bremen in 1696. Among his best-known works are compositions for string orchestra and

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. He composed a collection of 59 individual works under the title ''Erstlinge musikalischer Blumen''. They included works for four instruments and

basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

- allemandes, courantes, preludes, sarabandas and sonatinas. First they were published in three volumes in Frankfurt (1674, 1676, 1677) and later they were published together as ''Drei Opera musica'' (Brunswick, 1687). He was the father of the violist and violinist

Christian Ferdinand Abel Christian Ferdinand Abel (July or August 1682, Hanover, Germany – buried 3 April 1761 (or 1737?), Köthen, Germany) was one of the most famous German Baroque violinists, cellists and especially viol virtuosos. His father was the composer, ...

and grandfather of the

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virtuoso and composer

Carl Friedrich Abel Carl Friedrich Abel (22 December 1723 – 20 June 1787) was a German composer of the Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba, and produced significant compositions for that instrument. Life Abel was born in Köthen, ...

and Leopold August Abel.

Works

*''Erstlinge musikalischer Blumen'' *Bataille D Major for 2 violins and basso continuo *Sonata ''Sopra Cuccu'' for violin and basso continuo *'' Folie d'Espagne'' (1685)

External links

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Folie d'Espagne - sheet music excerpt and MIDIThe Hanover orchestral repertory, 1672–1714: significant source discoveries
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abel, Heinrich Clamor 1634 births 1696 deaths German classical composers German Baroque composers 17th-century classical composers German male classical composers 17th-century male musicians