# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-friedrich-abel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:08:44.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-friedrich-abel"
name: "Carl Friedrich Abel"
slug: "carl-friedrich-abel"
description: "Carl Friedrich Abel was a German composer of the early 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. He founded a subscription concert series there with Johann Christian Bach. According to the Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel (AbelWV), he left 420 compositions, with a focus on chamber music."
tagline: "German composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Friedrich_Abel_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_(c._1777).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1723-12-22"
deathDate: "1787-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump