Jules Van Nuffel - Tria Cantica Eucharistica: O Sacrum Convivium

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.

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• St. Rombouts Cathedral

[hadrianreteip]

Nope =) Just an admirer.

[westmalle00]

well, u made me an admirer :)

u should try toccata in fuge in d minor (organ version), u might know that one already, but listen to it intensely and crank up the volume....

[hadrianreteip]

Sure I know it! It's Bach's masterpiece! It's the 15th most played track of my Itunes. And my Itunes consists out of 4000 tracks :D

[westmalle00]

are you part of that choir?