Franz Abt

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Franz Wilhelm Abt monument from 1960
Franz Wilhelm Abt monument from 1960

Franz Wilhelm Abt (22 December 1819 - 31 March 1885) was a German composer.

He was born at Eilenburg in Prussian Saxony, and showed musical talent early; he was enrolled in the Thomas School at Leipzig, and published his first works in that city.

He was kapellmeister at Bernburg in 1841, then moved to Zürich in the same year. He became musical director at the court theater in Brunswick from 1852 to 1882. He retired to Wiesbaden, and died there in 1885.

He composed over 500 pieces during his lifetime, his songs being most popular with the best known being "When the Swallows Homeward Fly".

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