Jean-Jacques Nattiez

Quick Facts

Intro

Canadian musicologist

From

France Canada

Musicologist Philosopher Ethnomusicologist

Work field

Academia Philosophy Social science Music

Gender

Male

Star sign

Capricorn

Birth

30 December 1945, Amiens, France

Age

78 years

Awards

Officer of the Order of Canada

Molson Prize

Knight of the National Order of Quebec

(2001)

Prix Québec-Paris

(1997)

Acfas Andre-Laurendeau Award

(1989)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Jean-Jacques Nattiez OC CQ FRSC ([natje]; born December 30, 1945, Amiens, France) is a musical semiologist or semiotician and professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal. He studiedsemiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiology (doctoral) with Nicolas Ruwet.

He is a noted specialist on the writings of the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.

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.

Awards

1988, Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association
1989, Prix André-Laurendeau pour les sciences humaines from the Association canadienne française pour l'avancement des sciences
1990, Molson Prize from the Canada Council
1994, prix Léon-Gérin pour les sciences sociales du Gouvernement du Québec
1996, Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology, Tokyo, Japan
2004, the Killam Prize by the 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".

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