Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1885 — FRANZ ABT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FRANZ ABT.

The Well-Known Musical Composer.

Franz Abt, whose death was recently announced by a cable dispatch, was bom in 1819, and was, therefore, 66 years old. His parents intended him for the ministry, but, having a passion for music, he chose that vocation. He was a prolific composer of songs, his compositions numbering botween four, and five hundred, the most popular of whioh is “When the Swallows Homeward Fly.”