The World's Best Composers, Vol. 4: Famous Compositions for the Piano (Classic Reprint)

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Abt, franz, a German composer, born at Eilenburg, Saxony, December 22, 1819. He passed his early life in theolog ical study, but later devoted himself to music and became director at Zurich. After eleven years there, he was appointed second musical director at the Brunswick court theatre, and was promoted to be first by the Grand Duke in 1855. He has Com posed for orchestra, piano and voice, but it is mainly f...