Leopold August Abel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leopold August Abel

Violinist, composer

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1718

Place of Birth: Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 25-Aug-1794

Profession: composer, conductor, painter, miniaturist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Leopold August Abel (1717–1794) was a German violinist and composer.
He was born in Köthen in 1717.
He was the elder brother of Karl Friedrich Abel, and the grandfather of Johann Leopold Abel.
August Abel studied violin under Benda.
He played in the orchestra of the theatre at Brunswick, and was successively conductor of the court band to the Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1758), the Margrave of Schwedt (1766), and the Duke of Schwerin (1770).
He composed a sinfonia a 8 voci in 1766, and some of his violin studies and other compositions are in the possession of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde at Vienna.
However, he never rose to the reputation of his brother.
He died at Ludwigslust on August 25, 1794.



Description	German painter
Date of birth/death	15 November 1685	14 April 1749
Location of birth/death	Hamburg	Rostock
Work location	Hamburg, London, Amsterdam, Schwerin
Authority control	: Q538158 VIAF: 44565944 ISNI: 0000 0000 6657 9255 ULAN: 500012324 LCCN: nr93010274 GND: 119355396 WorldCat