◇ image via WikipediaCarl Friedrich Abel
Carl Friedrich Abel is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johann Sebastian Bach. Those roots explain a lot about how Carl Friedrich Abel arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johann Adolf Hasse, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Christian Bach, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 4 connections around Carl Friedrich Abel, reaching back through Johann Sebastian Bach and forward to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
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.
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Carl Friedrich Abel grew out of Johann Sebastian Bach, shares an orbit with Johann Adolf Hasse, went on to shape Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Christian Bach. 4 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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