Jean-Jacques Nattiez
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Jean-Jacques Nattiez Template:Post-nominals (Template:IPA; born December 30, 1945) is a French musicologist and ethnomusicologist active in Canada, who is seminal figure in music semiology.<ref name="Grove">Template:Cite encyclopedia Template:Grove Music subscription</ref>Template:Sfn He has been a Professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal since 1972.<ref name="SSHRC">Template:Cite web</ref>
Life and career
Jean-Jacques Nattiez was born on December 30, 1945, in Amiens, France.<ref name="Grove"/> He studied semiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiology (doctoral) with Nicolas Ruwet.<ref name="Grove"/>
He is a noted specialist on the writings of the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.<ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
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.<ref name=SSHRC /><ref name="Canada Council for the Arts">Template:Cite web</ref>
Awards
- 1988, Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association<ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia" />
- 1989, Prix André-Laurendeau pour les sciences humaines from the Association canadienne française pour l'avancement des sciences<ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia" />
- 1990, Molson Prize from the Canada Council<ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia" /><ref name="Canada Council for the Arts" />
- 1994, prix Léon-Gérin pour les sciences sociales du Gouvernement du Québec<ref name="Canada Council for the Arts" />
- 1996, Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology, Tokyo, Japan
- 2004, the Killam Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts<ref name="Canada Council for the Arts" />
- 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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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). Template:ISBN.
- Wagner Androgyne: A Study in Interpretation. Translated by Stewart Spencer. Princeton University Press, 1993. Template:ISBN (pbk).