| Karl Friedrich Abel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (360 words) |
 | He studied under Johann Sebastian Bach at the Leipzig Thomasschule; played for ten years (1748-1758) under A. Hasse in the band formed at Dresden by the elector of Saxony; and then, going to England, became (in 1759) chamber-musician to Queen Charlotte. |
| He gave a concert of his own compositions in London, performing on various instruments, one of which, the pentachord, was newly invented. |
| In 1762 Johann Christian Bach, the eleventh son of Johann Sebastian Bach, came to London, and the friendship between him and Abel led, in 1764 or 1765, to the establishment of the famous concerts subsequently known as the Bach and Abel concerts. |
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