Biography
Born on 21 March 1883 in Hemiksem, Hemiksem, Belgium, Van Nuffel studied at the Grand Seminary of Mechelen for the priesthood, in addition to piano, violin, organ (music), organ, harmony and counterpoint. He was ordained priest by Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Cardinal Mercier on 25 May 1907. As a cantor at St. Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen Cathedral, he founded the cathedral choir, and directed it until 1949. In this connection, he collaborated with the organist at the cathedral, the renowned Flor Peeters. Also, from 1918 until his death (in Wilrijk, Wilrijk, Belgium), on 25 June 1953, Van Nuffel directed the Lemmensinstituut, Lemmens Institute in Leuven.Composer
A nationally prominent composer of Christian liturgy, liturgical works (though little known outside his native land), Van Nuffel numbered among his favorite composers Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, Richard Wagner, Wagner and Claude Debussy, Debussy. The numbering of the psalms, which he composed for the liturgy, follows the Latin Psalters#Enumeration, Latin Psalter. One of his crowning achievements was the creation of the ''Nova Organi Harmonia''. This was an eight-volume collection of Gregorian chants, Gregorian accompaniments, composed by Van Nuffel himself, along with 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.Works
* ''Christus vincit'', for four-part Men's chorus, male voice choir * Hail Mary#Musical settings, Ave Maria, for four-part choir * ''Missa Paschalis ad 2 voces æquales'', for soprano/alto or tenor/baritone and organ (n.d.) * ''Super flumina Babylonis (Nuffel), Super flumina Babylonis'' (Psalm 137, Psalm 136), op. 25 (1916), for four-to-six-part choir and organ (or orchestra) * ''Missa in honorem S.S. Cordis Jesu'', op. 28, for four-to-six-part choir and organ * ''Statuit ei Dominus'', op. 30 (1924), for four-to-six-part choir and organ (or orchestra) * ' (Psalm 126, Psalm 125), op. 32 (1926), for four-to-seven-part choir and organ * ''Ecce sacerdos magnus'', op. 34 (1926), for six-part choir and organ * ''Josephsmesse'', for three-part female choir * ''Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me'' (Psalm 7, Psalm 6), op. 44 (1935) * ''Laetatus sum (Van Nuffel), Laetatus sum'' (Psalm 122, Psalm 121), op. 45 (1935), for four-part choir * ''Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi '' (Psalm 142, Psalm 141), op. 47 (1935) for eight-part choir * ''Dominus regnavit'' (Psalm 93, Psalm 92), op. 49 (1935) for four-to-six-part choir and organ * ''Ad te Dominum cum tribularer clamavi'' (Psalm 120, Psalm 119), op. 50 (1936) * ''Ad te levavi oculos meus'' (Psalm 123, Psalm 122), op. 51 (1935) * Te Deum, op. 62 (1944) for choir, brass ensemble and organReferences
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