TitelseiteCarl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Quartet in G major

for transverse flute, violin, viola da gamba, and violincello

Preface Reviews [in German version] Sample page CDs [in German version] 2nd sample page Errata / Addenda Deutsche Version

Editor: Günter von Zadow, publication date: 2011-08, introduction: Peter Holman, source: D-B Mus. ms. Klingenberg Nr. 2 etc.

Order information

G199Abel, Quartet in G major, AbelWV D2 (A6:1), Fl+V+VdG+Vc, score, 4 parts, 40 p., ISMN 979-0-50174-199-116.00 €

Description

This quartet in G major for flute, violin, viola da gamba and violoncello is the only surviving exemplar of at least ten similar works for this instrumentation. Our edition takes thoroughly account of all accessible sources and rejects the slow middle movement which has been identified as inauthentic, i.e. there are only two movements. The introduction is by Peter Holman. The catchy and not very difficult piece is of the lighter types of chamber music composed by Abel and his contemporaries in England at the end of the eighteenth century.

Errata / Addenda