Noël Goemanne

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Noël Goemanne (born December 10, 1926 in Poperinge ; † January 12, 2010 ) was a Belgian-American organist, choir director, church musician and composer.

Goemanne studied at the Lemmens Institute when Marinus De Jong , Staf Nees , Julius van Nuffel and Flor Peeters were teaching there, and at the Royal Conservatory in Liège with Pierre Froidebise and Charles Hens. He then completed postgraduate studies with Flor Peeters. During the occupation of Belgium in World War II, he was imprisoned for publicly performing works by Mendelssohn . He became known as a radio pianist on the Belgian National Radio.

In 1952 Goemanne went to the USA with his wife, where he first became organist at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Victoria, Texas. He then held positions as organist and choirmaster at St. Rita's Catholic Church and the Out Lady, Queen of Martyrs Church in Detroit, Michigan, St. Monica's Catholic Church and Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas and from 1972 until his death the Christ the King Catholic Church .

In the 1960s Goemanne was one of the first composers to create church music in accordance with the Second Vatican Council in the English-speaking world . For the papal visit to Texas in 1987 he composed the processional music for the papal mass. In 1974 the Manila Institute of Sacred Music honored him for his services to church music. Pope Paul VI awarded him the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross of Honor in 1977 , and in 1980 he received an honorary doctorate in church music from St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana. He has also received several awards from the ASCAP .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Noël Goemanne: componist, orgelist" in Flanders 17 (1968), pp 26-27; also available here . (Retrieved September 21, 2018.)
personal data
SURNAME Goemanne, Noël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian-American composer, organist, church musician and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Poperinge
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2010