Editing Franz Abt (section)

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{{Short description|German composer and conductor (1819–1885)}}
[[File:Harvard Theatre Collection - Franz Abt TCS 1.35 - cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Franz Abt (Harvard Theater Collection)]]
'''Franz Wilhelm Abt''' (22 December 1819 – 31 March 1885)<ref name="Harvard Bio">{{cite book|editor-last=Randel|editor-first=Don Michael|title=The Harvard biographical dictionary of music|year=1996|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press|location=Cambridge, Mass.|isbn=0-674-37299-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/2 2–3]|chapter=Abt, Franz Wilhelm|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/2}}</ref> was a German composer and choral conductor.<ref>[[Chambers Biographical Dictionary]], {{ISBN|0-550-18022-2}}, page 5</ref>  He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in the area of [[vocal music]]. Several of his songs were at one time universally sung, and have obtained a more or less permanent place in the popular repertory. Abt was a renowned choral conductor, and he spent much of the last three decades of his life working as a guest conductor with choirs throughout Europe and in the United States.
[[File:Abt Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts zieh'n.jpg|thumb|Incipit of the song "Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts zieh'n" op. 39 No. 1. by Franz Abt|500x500px]]