About Franz Joseph Antony
Lived 1790 – 1837 (aged 46–47). Franz Joseph Antony was a German composer, catholic priest, organist, pedagogue and choir director.
Franz Joseph Antony (1790–1837) was a choral composer.
He was born at Münster, Westphalia, received Holy Orders, and in 1819 became choirmaster at St. Paul's Cathedral in Münster, succeeding his father as organist, in 1832. In addition to some songs, he published four choral masses. His erudite works are Archäologisch-liturgisches Gesangbuch des Gregorianischen Kirchengesanges (1829) and Geschichtliche Darstellung der Entstehung und Vervollkommnung der Orgel (1832).
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Who was Franz Joseph Antony?
German musician (1790–1837)
When was Franz Joseph Antony born?
Franz Joseph Antony was born in 1790 in Münster.
When did Franz Joseph Antony die?
Franz Joseph Antony died in 1837 in Münster.
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Franz Joseph Antony was a composer, catholic priest, organist, pedagogue and choir director.
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Franz Joseph Antony was German.
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