Johann Leopold Abel

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Johann Leopold Abel (English John Abel ; born July 23, 1795 in Ludwigslust , Mecklenburg-Schwerin , † October 6, 1871 in Charlton ) was a German-British composer, pianist, cellist, violinist and music teacher.

Life

Johann Leopold Abel was a son of the court musician at Ludwigslust Palace August Christian Andreas Abel (1751–1834) and his wife Johanna Sophia Friderica, née. Hein (t) z, great-nephew of Carl Friedrich Abel and grandson of Leopold August Abel . His older brother was Friedrich Ludwig Abel . Both siblings received violin and piano lessons from their father from early childhood. He went with both of them as child prodigies on a financially unsuccessful concert tour through northern Germany. Johann Leopold played the piano and violin and later the cello. At Easter 1814 he enrolled to study theology at the University of Rostock . After that he worked as a tutor for a while. An incipient trigeminal neuralgia ( tic douloureux ) made him give up everything in 1819 and travel to his brother in Savannah in the United States . The neuralgia disappeared, but the following year the rampant yellow fever epidemic to which his brother fell victim induced him to move on to London . Here he met Johann Baptist Cramer , who supported him as a student of his uncle and opened doors in London. Even Johann Georg Graeff took care of him. In 1824 he married Louise Hopkins in Newington (London) . Their son was the chemist Frederick Augustus Abel . The English poet Robert Browning was one of his piano students.

Works (selection)

  • Four new waltzes for the piano forte [Four new waltzes for the piano forte ]. I The Vienna Congress waltz II Á la militaire III Il zefiretto IV Á la Pastorale. Printed by the Royal Harmonic Institution, London, circa 1822
  • La speranza. Introduction and Rondo for the pianoforte. [The hope. Introduction and ondo for the pianoforte]. Published by Boosey and Co., 1824. The work is dedicated to the pianist Elisabeth Bisset, a student of Johann Baptist Cramer .
  • Variations and Rondo all Polacca on a theme from La gazza ladra by Gioacchino Rossini, published by Goulding and D'Almaine, Soho Square, London, 1830 The theme is the theme of a march in C minor from the opera. This is followed by 4 variations and a rondo.
  • Brilliant Rondo for piano op.2, published by Goulding and D'Almaine, Soho Square, London, 1831
  • Notturno in B flat major, published by Duff, Cramer & Co., 1832
  • Sonnet to Sleep, Canzonette, Text: EL Montagu. The text is based on Peter Abelard's correspondence with Heloisa .
  • Impromptu for the piano-forte, on the air "Say could I live" from Barnett's grand opera, "The Mountain Sylph", 1836
  • F antasia on themes from John Barnett's grand opera “Fair Rosamond” for piano, published by Cramer, Addison & Beale, 1837 OCLC 1029101122
  • Introduzionè e capriccio on the “Yager chorus” from William Michael Rooke's opera “Amilie”, London, 1838 OCLC 497022001
  • " The Better Land". [The better country]. Incipit: “I hear thee speak” Text: F. Hemans, Text of the German version: AH Engelbach, London, around 1840 OCLC 497021993

literature

  • John Weeks Moore: Complete Encyclopædia of Music: Elementary, Technical, Historical, Biographical, Vocal, and Instrumental. Boston: Lewett 1854, p. 12f (sv JE Abel [sic!])
  • Walter Knape, Murray R. Charters and Simon McVeigh:  Abel family. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date and place of death according to England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 , retrieved from ancestry.com on 30. July 2020
  2. ^ Robarts - University of Toronto: Frederick Augustus Abel . In: George Smith (Ed.): The dictionary of national biography . Second supplement edition. tape 1 . London Oxford University Press, 1901, pp. 5 (English, archive.org [accessed June 13, 2019]).
  3. ^ 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 ).
  4. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  5. ↑ John Weeks Moore (lit.)
  6. ^ Walter Knape, Murray R. Charters and Simon McVeigh: Abel family. In: Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press, 2001, accessed July 30, 2020 .
  7. ^ Michael Allis: British Music and Literary Context: Artistic Connections in the Long Nineteenth Century . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2012, ISBN 978-1-84383-730-5 , pp. 137 (English, google.de [accessed December 20, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Four new waltzes for the piano forte. Book 1 Book 1. 1822, accessed January 17, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Robert Adelson, Alain Roudier, Jenny Nex, Laure Barthel, Michel Foussard: The History of the Erard Piano and Harp in Letters and Documents, 1785-1959 . Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-316-40733-2 ( google.de [accessed January 17, 2018]).
  10. ^ Piano Lessons . In: The Quarterly Musical Magazine & Review . tape VI , no. 22 , 1824, pp. 261 f . (English).
  11. ^ Review Piano Music . In: The Harmonicon . tape VIII , no. 5 , 1830, p. 203 (English).
  12. ^ Review Piano Music . In: The Harmonicon . tape IX , no. 6 , 1831, p. 145 (English).
  13. ^ Review Piano Music . In: The Harmonicon . tape X , no. 9 , 1832, p. 205 (English).
  14. ^ Review of Music . In: The Musical World . tape I , no. 6 , April 22, 1836, pp. 96 f . (English).
  15. ^ Review of music. In: The Musical World . tape II , no. 14 , June 17, 1836, pp. 11 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Abel, Johann Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abell, Johann Leopold; Abel, John; Abel, JE (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Composer, pianist, cellist, violinist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigslust , Mecklenburg-Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1871
Place of death Charlton