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Still breathing late baroque concertante air, the 'sensitive manner' of the present Trios op. 16, with their richly varied and often soloistic bass lines, already reflects the accent on melodic invention typical of high classicism, most particularly in the elegantly decorated Adagios. The two present quartets appear as Quartetto II and IV in a composite print of the parts (in the Amadeus archives) alongside 3 quartets by Johann Christian Bach and a quartet by Felice Giardini. The wording of the undated title from 1776 is: Six / QUARTETTOS / for / A German Flute, Violin, Tenor and / BASS / or / Two Violins a Tenor and Bass / BY / Messr.s Bach, Abel & Giardini, / Price 10:6 / LONDON. / Printed for Wm. Napier corner of Lancaster Court Strand / [Pl.-Nr.] 59 The Basso part is unfigured. For wider practical application, we offer harpsichordists a 'Basso continuo' part underlying the score. The first print is extremely correct, with beautiful calligraphy. A few articulations and dynamics needed completing by analogy. Carl Friedrich Abel, who has gone down in history as the last great viola da gamba player, was born on December 22, 1723 in Cöthen. After spending his boyhood and formative years in this town of J.S. Bach's, he was for ten years viola player in the Dresden court orchestra. In March 1759 he settled in London, where he became chamber musician to Queen Charlotte, and found a generous patron in the Duke of York. In 1764, with Johann Christian Bach, his junior by 10 years, Abel founded the Bach-Abel concerts, a feature of London's musical life for decades afterwards. Here, the composers launched their symphonies, concerti and chamber music works in the Italian-Mannheim style on the road to success. After Bach's death in 1782, Abel went to Paris, stopping on the way in Germany for a short stay with his brother Leopold August. From 1785 on he was back in London, appearing as a soloist and composer in the new Professional Concerts and in the Subscription Concerts arranged by Salomon. Much appreciated by all as a most kind and helpful friend and witty companion, Abel died in London on the 20th of June 1787. Abel's output comprises some 46 symphonies, solo concerti for flute, cello and piano, 20 string quartets (which often allow for the flute as an alternative to the first violin), 36 trios for strings and trio sonatas for 2 flutes or flute and violin above a partly supported continuo bass, 6 sonatas for flute and thorough-bass op. 6 as well as piano sonatas with violin accompaniment. His sonatas and pieces for viola da gamba are important from a historical and performance practice perspective; they include in particular his 34 'Sonatas & Solos for the Viola da Gamba' written after 1760 for the Countess of Pembroke. The fact that parts of his symphonies 'turned up in the works of Haydn, Mozart and Christian Bach' inspires admiration for this precursor of classicism.
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