Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Quartet in G major
for transverse flute, violin, viola da gamba, and violincello
Editor: Günter von Zadow, publication date: 2011-08, introduction: Peter Holman, source: D-B Mus. ms. Klingenberg Nr. 2 etc.
Order information
G199 | Abel, Quartet in G major, AbelWV D2 (A6:1), Fl+V+VdG+Vc, score, 4 parts, 40 p., ISMN 979-0-50174-199-1 | 16.00 € |
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.