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.

• Colles, volume 1, p. 8
• Hughes, p. 24
• Randel, pp. 2-3

1. Abt
2. The Light of Beth­le­hem
3. Willingham