Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) - Prelude For Viola da gamba

Friederike Heumann (Viola da gamba) Carl Friedrich Abel (22 December 1723 -- 20 June 1787) was a German composer of the Classical era. (The Chambers Biographical Dictionary gives his year of birth erroneusly as 1725.) He was a fine player of the viola da gamba, and composed important music for that instrument.