Jean-Jacques Nattiez OC CQ FRSC (French: [natje]; born December 30, 1945, in 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]
Awards
edit- 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]
- 1996, Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology, Tokyo, Japan
- 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]
Bibliography
edit- 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).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (May 26, 2010). "SSHRC - Jean-Jacques Nattiez". Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Vachon, Jean-Pascal. "Nattiez, Jean-Jacques". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Ottawa: Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. 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. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ "Appointments to the Order of Canada". 20 September 2017.
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