Jean-Jacques Nattiez
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Jean-Jacques Nattiez, OC, CQ, FRSC (born December 30, 1945, Amiens, France) is a musical semiologist or semiotician and professor of Musicology at the Université de Montréal.[1] He studied semiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiology (doctoral) with Nicolas Ruwet.[citation needed]
He is a noted specialist on the writings of the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.[2]
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.[1][3]
[edit] Awards
- 1988, Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association[2]
- 1989, Prix André-Laurendeau pour les sciences humaines from the Association canadienne française pour l'avancement des sciences[2]
- 1990, Molson Prize from the Canada Council[2][3]
- 1994, prix Léon-Gérin pour les sciences sociales du Gouvernement du Québec[3]
- 2004, the Killam Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts[3]
- 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".[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- Proust as Musician. Cambridge.
- Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music (Musicologie générale et sémiologue, 1987). Translated by Carolyn Abbate (1990). ISBN 0-691-02714-5.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (May 26, 2010). "SSHRC - Jean-Jacques Nattiez". Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-resultats/prizes-prix/2009/gold_nattiez-or_nattiez-eng.aspx. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Vachon, Jean-Pascal. "Nattiez, Jean-Jacques". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Ottawa: Historica Foundation. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002543. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Canada Council for the Arts (May 3, 2004). "James Arthur, Will Kymlicka, Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Janet Rossant and R. Kerry Rowe recipients of $100,000 Killam Prizes for 2004". Ottawa: Canada Council for the Arts. http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2004/cs127280663718750000.htm. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ "Appointments to the Order of Canada". http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14390&lan=eng.
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