Franz Joseph Antony

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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Category:German classical organists
Category:Male organists
Category:German classical composers
Category:Classical composers of church music
Category:1790 births
Category:1837 deaths
Category:German male classical composers
Category:19th-century German musicians
Category:19th-century male musicians