Abt, FRANZ, composer of song-music, was born 22d December 1819 at Eilenburg, in Prussian Saxony, and was educated at Leipzig, for a time as a student of theology. From 1841 to 1881 he held musical offices at Bernburg, Zürich, and Brunswick; in the latter year he retired with a pension to Wiesbaden. Of his tuneful settings, more than 200 in number, the best known is 'When the Swallows homeward fly.' He died 31st March 1885.
Abt, FRANZ
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 21
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