Friedrich Ludwig Abel

Friedrich Ludwig Abel , mostly Frederick L. Abel in the USA (born May 14, 1794 in Ludwigslust , Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation ; † September 23, 1820 in Savannah , Georgia , United States ) was a German violinist , pianist , Music teacher and composer .

Life

Friedrich Ludwig Abel came from a family of musicians. He was a son of the court musician at Ludwigslust Palace August Christian Andreas Abel (1751–1834) and his wife Johanna Sophia Friderica, born. Hein (t) z, great-nephew of Carl Friedrich Abel and grandson of Leopold August Abel . His younger brother was Johann Leopold Abel (1795–1871). Both siblings received violin and piano lessons from their father from early childhood. He went with both of them on a financially unsuccessful concert tour through northern Germany.

After Friedrich Ludwig had received a solid musical education in Europe, but the employment prospects were bleak due to the consequences of the Napoleonic wars, he emigrated to the USA and came to Savannah in 1817. There he worked as a music teacher. He met Lowell Mason , the local choirmaster at the Presbyterian Church . Abel gave him lessons in harmony and composition. He helped him work on his own version of the hymn [hymn book] by William Gardiner (1770-1853). In 1819 his brother came to Savannah to settle there too. He also worked as a music teacher and gave violin, cello and guitar lessons. Lowell's hymnal was published in Boston two years after Abel's death in 1822 with the help of the Handel and Haydn Society . He died of yellow fever during an epidemic that lasted from June to October 1820 in Savannah.

Individual evidence

↑ Not: Leopold
↑ ^a ^b ^c Charles W. Hughes: Frederic L. Abel . In: American Hymns old and new . Columbia University Press, New York 1973, ISBN 0-231-05148-4 , pp. 289 f . (English, archive.org ).
↑ Introduction . Da Capo Press, New York 1973, ISBN 0-306-77315-5 ( archive.org - original title: The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music . 1822.).
^ Charles W. Hughes: Frederic L. Abel . In: American Hymns Old and New . Columbia University Press, New York 1980, ISBN 0-231-05148-4 , pp. 120 f . (English, archive.org ).
^ Mary F. Keating: Lowell Mason in Savannah . In: The Bulletin of Historical Research in Music Education . tape 10 , no. 2 , July 1989, p. 78 , JSTOR : 40214746 (English).
↑ ^a ^b Patricia Averill: Camp Songs, Folk Songs . Xlibris Corporation, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4931-7910-7 , pp. 46 f . (English, google.de [accessed June 5, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Abel, Friedrich Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abel, Frederick L .; Abel, Friedrich Leopold (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German violinist, pianist, music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ludwigslust , Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
DATE OF DEATH	September 23, 1820
Place of death	Savannah , Georgia , United States

[1] Not: Leopold

[:2-2] Charles W. Hughes: Frederic L. Abel . In: American Hymns old and new . Columbia University Press, New York 1973, ISBN 0-231-05148-4 , pp. 289 f . (English, archive.org ).

[:0-3] Introduction . Da Capo Press, New York 1973, ISBN 0-306-77315-5 ( archive.org - original title: The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music . 1822.).

[4] Charles W. Hughes: Frederic L. Abel . In: American Hymns Old and New . Columbia University Press, New York 1980, ISBN 0-231-05148-4 , pp. 120 f . (English, archive.org ).

[5] Mary F. Keating: Lowell Mason in Savannah . In: The Bulletin of Historical Research in Music Education . tape 10 , no. 2 , July 1989, p. 78 , JSTOR : 40214746 (English).

[:1-6] Patricia Averill: Camp Songs, Folk Songs . Xlibris Corporation, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4931-7910-7 , pp. 46 f . (English, google.de [accessed June 5, 2020]).