Abel, KARL FRIEDRICH, a German musician, born at Koethen in 1725. He was a pupil of Sebastian Bach, and in 1758 he came to England, where ere long he was appointed chamber-musician to the queen of George III. He died in London, 22d January 1787.
Abel, KARL FRIEDRICH
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 11
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