Jean-Jacques Nattiez

Jean-Jacques Nattiez, CM, 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]

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]

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.

References

1. ^ ^{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. 
2. ^ ^{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. 
3. ^ ^{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. 

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Name	Nattiez, Jean-Jacques
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Short description	authority on the semiology of music
Date of birth	December 30, 1945
Place of birth	Amiens, France
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