Background
Abel was born in Hünnefeld, Westphalia, Germany.
Abel was born in Hünnefeld, Westphalia, Germany.
He worked as a court musician in Köthen, an organist in Celle and from 1666, as a ducal chamber musician in Hanover. From 1694, he was Obermusicus in Bremen and he remained at this post until his death at Bremen in 1696. Among his best-known works are compositions for string orchestra and chamber music
He composed a collection of 59 individual works under the title.
They included works for four instruments and basso continuo - allemandes, courantes, preludes, sarabandas and sonatinas. First they were published in three volumes in Frankfurt (1674, 1676, 1677) and later they were published together as Drei Opera musica (Brunswick, 1687).