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ABT, FRANZ (1819-1885)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 78 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABT, See also:FRANZ (1819-1885) , See also:German composer, was See also:born on the 22nd of See also:December 1819 at See also:Eilenburg, See also:Saxony, and died at See also:Wiesbaden on the 31st of See also:March 1885. The best of his popular songs have become See also:part of the recognized See also:art-folk-See also:music of See also:Germany; his vocal See also:works, solos, part-songs, &c., enjoyed an extra-See also:ordinary See also:vogue all over See also:Europe in the See also:middle of the igth See also:century, but in spite of their facile tunefulness have few qualities of lasting beauty. Abt was kapellmeister at See also:Bernburg in 1841, at See also:Zurich in the same See also:year and at See also:Brunswick from 1852 to 1882, when he retired to Wiesbaden.

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