Jean-Jacques Nattiez
French-Canadian musicologist and ethnomusicologist (born 1945)
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Jean-Jacques Nattiez OC CQ FRSC (French: [natje]; born December 30, 1945) is a French musicologist and ethnomusicologist active in Canada, who is seminal figure in music semiology.[1][2] He has been a Professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal since 1972.[3]
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Jean-Jacques Nattiez photographed in 2018 in Montréal, Québec, Canada at the Olivieri Bookstore | |
| Born | 30 December 1945 Amiens, Paris, France |
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| Nicolas Ruwet | |
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Life and career
Jean-Jacques Nattiez was born on December 30, 1945, in Amiens, France.[1] He studied semiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiology (doctoral) with Nicolas Ruwet.[1]
He is a noted specialist on the writings of the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.[4]
In 1990, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2001, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.[3][5]
Awards
- 1988, Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association[4]
- 1989, Prix André-Laurendeau pour les sciences humaines from the Association canadienne française pour l'avancement des sciences[4]
- 1990, Molson Prize from the Canada Council[4][5]
- 1994, prix Léon-Gérin pour les sciences sociales du Gouvernement du Québec[5]
- 1996, Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology, Tokyo, Japan
- 2004, the Killam Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts[5]
- In 2011, he was promoted to Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions to the development of musicology as a researcher, professor and specialist of music semiotics".[6]
Selected publications
- Proust as Musician. Translated by Derrick Puffett. Cambridge, 1989.
- Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music (Musicologie générale et sémiologue, 1987). Translated by Carolyn Abbate (1990). ISBN 0-691-02714-5.
- Wagner Androgyne: A Study in Interpretation. Translated by Stewart Spencer. Princeton University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-691-04832-0 (pbk).
