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1910’s Early version of Nova Organi Harmonia (NOH)

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 19, 2013

km0_oag-tome_1910s_Early_version_of_NOH_Pars_IV HE FOLLOWING BOOKS have been made available for free download courtesy of the Jean de Lalande Library. If you appreciate these efforts, please consider making a donation by using the link at the top of the page.

The Nova Organi Harmonia was preceded by an earlier collection, by Lemmens professors Alfons Desmet, Aloysius Desmet et Oscar Depuydt. Canon Van Nuffel, who directed the publication of the NOH, was a student of Oscar Depuydt and Alphons Desmet. Many of the collaborators (Henri Durieux, Marinus de Jong, Flor Peeters, and Staf Nees) were students of Van Nuffel.

* *  1910’s Early version of NOH (Pars IV) — Brothers Desmet & Depuydt

• Early version of the Nova Organi Harmonia, by Desmet brothers and Osc. Depuydt • published 1910’s (?) • Organum comitans ad Graduale sacrosanctae romanae ecclesiae SS.D.N. Pii X: pontificis maximi jussu restitutum et editum • par Alph. Desmet, Aloys Desmet et Osc. Depuydt. • Mechelen [Malines]: H. Dessain. •

* *  1910’s Early version of NOH (Pars VI) — Brothers Desmet & Depuydt

• Early version of the Nova Organi Harmonia, by Desmet brothers and Osc. Depuydt • published 1910’s (?) • Organum comitans ad Graduale sacrosanctae romanae ecclesiae SS.D.N. Pii X: pontificis maximi jussu restitutum et editum • par Alph. Desmet, Aloys Desmet et Osc. Depuydt. • Mechelen [Malines]: H. Dessain. • COMMUNE SANCTORUM • This book is quite important because the opening pages have a date: 25 April 1907 •

* *  1910’s Early version of NOH (Pars VII) — Brothers Desmet & Depuydt

• Early version of the Nova Organi Harmonia, by Desmet brothers and Osc. Depuydt • published 1910’s (?) • Organum comitans ad Graduale sacrosanctae romanae ecclesiae SS.D.N. Pii X: pontificis maximi jussu restitutum et editum • par Alph. Desmet, Aloys Desmet et Osc. Depuydt. • Mechelen [Malines]: H. Dessain. • Missae Propriae pro div. dioec. Belgii •

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