Editing Carl Friedrich Abel (section)

== Works ==
One of Abel's works became famous due to a misattribution: in the 19th century, a manuscript symphony in the hand of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] was catalogued as his [[Symphony No. 3 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 3]] in E flat, [[Köchel-Verzeichnis|K]]. 18, and was published as such in the [[Alte Mozart-Ausgabe|first complete edition of Mozart's works]] by [[Breitkopf & Härtel]]. Later, it was discovered that this symphony was actually the work of Abel, copied by the boy Mozart, evidently for study purposes, while he was visiting London in 1764. That symphony was originally published as the concluding work in Abel's Six Symphonies, Op. 7.

A first catalogue of Abel's works was published in 1971 by {{ill|Walter Knape|de}}, ''Abel-Werkverzeichnis'', with 233 work numbers.<ref name="Zadow">[[Günter von Zadow|Zadow, Günter von]]: [http://www.ortus-musikverlag.de/de/home/om322 Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel] Ortus Musikverlag 2023</ref>

In 2015 new manuscripts of Abel's viola da gamba music were found in the library of the [[Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań]], in a collection from the [[Maltzahn]] family palace in the town of [[Milicz]] in Poland,<ref name="Güntersberg">{{cite web |url=http://www.guentersberg.de/pdf-download/druckkatalog_en.pdf |title=Catalogue: Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787) Maltzan Collection |publisher=[[Edition Güntersberg]] |date=December 2018 |access-date=7 January 2018 |page=3}}</ref> originally brought back from London by {{ill|Count Joachim Carl of Maltzan|de|Joachim Carl von Maltzan}}. Many of them were published by [[Edition Güntersberg]].<ref name="Güntersberg" />

A new catalogue, of now 420 works, was published by Ortus Musikverlag in 2023, ''[[Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel]]'' or AbelWV, edited by [[Günter von Zadow]]. It takes into account many newly discovered works, and additional sources for known works.<ref name="Zadow" />

=== Major works by opus number ===
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 | filename     = Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Allegro, WKO 205 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba.ogg
 | title        = From 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871 (ca.1790-99): [Arpeggio], AbelWV A1:A26
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 | filename2    = Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) - Allegro from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba.ogg
 | title2       = From 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871 (ca.1790-99): Allegro, AbelWV A1:A28
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 | filename3    = Allegro from 27 Pieces for Solo Viola da Gamba by Carl Friedrich Abel.ogg
 | title3       = From 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871 (ca.1790-99): [Allegro], AbelWV A1:A29
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 | filename4    = Carl Friedrich Abel (1723- 1787) – Sonata in G-Major, WKO155 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba.ogg
 | title4       = Sonata in G-Major, AbelWV A3 for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba. Composed for the Lady Pembroke, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31697 (1760-1770)
 | description4 = Performed by Phillip W. Serna, [[Viol]]
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* Op. 1: 6 Overtures or Sinfonias (1761)
* Op. 2: 6 Sonatas for keyboard, and violin and cello (ad libitum) (1760)
* Op. 3: 6 Trio Sonatas for 2 violins and basso continuo (1762)
* Op. 4: 6 Overtures or Sinfonias (1762)
* Op. 5: 6 Sonatas for keyboard, and violin and cello (ad libitum) (1762)
* Op. 6: 6 Sonatas for keyboard and flute (1763)
* Op. 7: 6 Symphonies (1767)
* Op. 8: 6 String Quartets (1768)
* Op. 9: 6 Trio Sonatas for violin, cello and basso continuo (1771)
* Op. 10: 6 Symphonies (1771)
* Op. 11: 6 Concerti for keyboard and strings (1771)
* Op. 12: 6 Flute Quartets (1774)
* Op. 13: 6 Sonatas for keyboard and violin (1777)
* Op. 14: 6 Symphonies (1778)
* Op. 15: 6 String Quartets (1780)
* Op. 16: 4 Trio Sonatas for 2 flutes and basso continuo (1781)
* Op. 16: 6 Trio Sonatas for violin, viola and cello (1782)
* Op. 17: 6 Symphonies (1785)
* Op. 18: 6 Sonatas for keyboard and violin (1784)