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Title: Jules Van Nuffel - Tria Cantica Eucharistica: O Sacrum Convivium View count: 61 Rating: 5.0 (1 ratings) Description: Jules Van Nuffel (March 21, 1883, Hemiksem, Antwerp, Belgium June 25, 1953, Wilrijk, Antwerp) was a musicologist, composer, and renowned expert on religious music. At the Grand Seminary of Mechelen, he studied for the priesthood, in addition to piano, violin, organ, harmony and counterpoint. Later he founded St. Rombouts' Choir, and directed this famous choir until 1949. Jules Van Nuffel was also a prominent composer of liturgical works. His favorite composers, Bach, Wagner and Claude Debussy. From 1918 until 1953 van Nuffel directed the Lemmens Institute at Mechelen. One of his crowning achievements was the creation of the Nova Organi Harmonia. This is a fragment from the concerts in the St Rombouts Cathedral of Mechelen in Belgium, performed by the choir of the Lemmensinstituut. Tags: jules van nuffel, van nuffel, tria cantica eucharistica, o sacrum convivium, choir, lemmensinstituut, leuven, mechelen, st. rombouts cathedral, Author: hadrianreteip |
