Jules Van Nuffel

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Jules Van Nuffel (b. March 21, 1883, Hemiksem, Antwerp, Belgium - d. 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 was an eight-volume collection of Gregorian accompaniments, composed by Nuffel himself, Peeters, Jules Vyverman, Marinus de Jong, and other professors at the Lemmens Institute. The Nova Organi Harmonia was reprinted in many editions after World War II.