1819–1885

Introduction

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Born: De­cem­ber 22, 1819, Eil­en­burg, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: March 31, 1885, Wies­ba­den, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Süd­fried­hof, Wies­ba­den, Ger­ma­ny.

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Biography

Abt at­tend­ed the Tho­mas­schule and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig. He con­duct­ed in Zur­ich, Swi­tze­rland, and in Bruns­wick.

In 1872, he tra­veled to Am­eri­ca for a suc­cess­ful per­form­ing tour.

He wrote over 3,000 works dur­ing his life.

Sources

Music