Noël Goemanne (Poperinge, December 10, 1926 – Dallas, January 12, 2010) was a Belgian-born musician, who in 1952 emigrated to the United States, where he made a name for himself as an organist, as a choirmaster and as a composer, especially of, but not limited to, sacred music.
His wartime experiences turned him into a committed pacifist, which was reflected in his demand, which he stuck to till the end of his life, that his singers sing the "Dona nobis pacem" (Grant us peace), the final words of the Agnus Dei, with all the power they had.
[3] Between 1950 and 1952, he was a regular piano recitalist for the Namur station of the Belgian National Broadcasting Institute, and from 1949 till 1952 he was organist and choirmaster at Rochefort.
In 1987 he was commissioned to write the processional for the mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II during his visit to San Antonio (TX); this was Goemanne's Fanfare and Concertato on 'All Creatures of Our God and King'.
Paluch company; in Goemanne’s time called "World Library of Sacred Music") deserve special mention, as they still (2018) retain dozens of his works in their catalogs.