Jean-Jacques Nattiez Explained

Jean-Jacques Nattiez (in 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.

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
• 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".^[4]

Bibliography

• 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). .
• Wagner Androgyne; A Study in Interpretation. Translated by Stewart Spencer. Princeton University Press, 1993. (pbk.).

Notes and References

1. Web site: SSHRC - Jean-Jacques Nattiez . Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council . Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council . May 26, 2010 . Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Ottawa . December 21, 2010 .
2. Encyclopedia: Nattiez, Jean-Jacques . Jean-Pascal . Vachon . The Canadian Encyclopedia . Historica Foundation . Ottawa . December 21, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523112003/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002543 . May 23, 2011 .
3. Web site: James Arthur, Will Kymlicka, Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Janet Rossant and R. Kerry Rowe recipients of $100,000 Killam Prizes for 2004 . Canada Council for the Arts . Canada Council for the Arts . May 3, 2004 . Canada Council for the Arts . Ottawa . December 21, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318082512/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2004/cs127280663718750000.htm . March 18, 2012 .
4. Web site: Appointments to the Order of Canada. 20 September 2017 .