William Antalffy

* Košice, 19 May 1878 – † Bratislava, 2 June 1946. / teacher, conductor, composer ; ; He studied classical philology in Budapest (1896–1900), and at the same time graduated in singing and composition at the Academy of Music (1901). From 1901 he was a teacher at the Hungarian Gymnasium in Poznań, from 1921–1946 he was the conductor of the Salvator Choir of the Jesuit Church, and collaborated with the Slovak Philharmonic. His criticisms and reviews were published in the Híradó, and his church music works remained in manuscript. There is a memorial plaque in the Jesuit Church in Poznań. ; ; Literature: Pazdírkův húdení slovnik naučný, 2. èást osbní, sv. 1., Brünn 1937, Čoslovenský húdeni slovnik, sv. 1., Prague 1963, Encyklopédia Slovenska 1., Po. 1977, Slovenský biografický slovnik, vol. 1, Turócszentmárton 1986. ;

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