Able, Mr. ? 17??-?? England, ? - ?, ?
c1775 apparently active in or near Buckinghamshire (roughly London-Luton-Milton Keynes-Buckingham-Oxford), included as Mr. Able in the listing Early American Secular Music and its European Sources 1589-1839, he is not the same as the Able of the composer duo Claushitzer & Able as erroneously included in the Library Catalogue of the Saskatchewan Choral Federation Canada

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[] The Buckinghamshire march. Horns, oboes and bassoon. pub c1775
ms British Library (British Museum), London
ms New York Public Library System, New York
the following composition is not by Able :
[] Blessed Jesus at Thy word. Unison voices
music Claushitzer & Able, arranged by Eric Wild
the arrangement published by Waterloo Music, Waterloo Ontario between 1921-2004
ms (print) Library Catalogue of the Saskatchewan Choral Federation Canada

[rem: This is not a composition by Able, it is actually a translation of "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" by Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625-1673)
published as an arrangement by Harold K. Marks with english words by Tobias Claushitzer, published by Oliver Ditson, Bryn Mawr 1951]
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