In convertendo Dominus (Nuffel)
| In convertendo Dominus | |
|---|---|
| by Jules Van Nuffel | |
| Key | C-sharp minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 32 |
| Genre | Chorale composition |
| Text | In convertendo Dominus (Psalm 126) |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | 1926 |
| Published | 1950 |
| Scoring | |
In convertendo Dominus (When the Lord turned [the captivity of Zion]), Op. 32, is the musical setting of In convertendo Dominus (Psalm 126 in Latin), written by Jules Van Nuffel in 1926 for a mixed choir and organ.
Van Nuffel set many Latin texts to music, including ten psalms, for the liturgy and also concert at the Sint Rombouts Kathedraal in Mechelen, where he served as cantor, while Flor Peeters was organist. In the Latin Psalters the psalms are numbered differently. Psalm 125 there is in the King James Bible. Van Nuffel set the psalm in 1926 for a mixed choir of four to eight parts and organ.
The psalm was published in 1950 by the Schwann Verlag (now part of Edition Peters), which published also seven other psalms of the composer. Two psalm compositions remained unfinished.
The composition of about 9 minutes in C-sharp minor is in one movement, but Van Nuffel divided the psalm in sections of different mood and treatment and repeated the first verse in a magnified way.
The words of C and D had also been composed by Brahms in A German Requiem: "Die mit Tränen säen, werden mit Freuden ernten". The psalm was written as a motet by composers such as Jean-Philippe Rameau (In convertendo Dominus) and Lorenzo Perosi.
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