Jean-Jacques Nattiez

• Music semiology

Jean-Jacques Nattiez
Jean-Jacques Nattiez photographed in 2018 in Montréal, Québec, Canada at the Olivieri Bookstore
Born	(1945-12-30) 30 December 1945 (age 79) Amiens, Paris, France
Academic background
Alma mater	Aix-Marseille University Sorbonne University
Doctoral advisor	Nicolas Ruwet
Institutions	Université de Montréal

Jean-Jacques Nattiez OC CQ FRSC (French: [natje] ; born December 30, 1945) is a French musicologist and ethnomusicologist active in Canada, who is seminal figure in music semiology. ^{[1] [2]} He has been a Professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal since 1972. ^[3]

Life and career

Jean-Jacques Nattiez was born on December 30, 1945, in Amiens, France. ^[1] He studied semiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiology (doctoral) with Nicolas Ruwet. ^[1]

He is a noted specialist on the writings of the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. ^[4]

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. ^{[3] [5]}

Awards

• 1988, Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association ^[4]
• 1989, Prix André-Laurendeau pour les sciences humaines from the Association canadienne française pour l'avancement des sciences ^[4]
• 1990, Molson Prize from the Canada Council ^{[4] [5]}
• 1994, prix Léon-Gérin pour les sciences sociales du Gouvernement du Québec ^[5]
• 1996, Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology, Tokyo, Japan
• 2004, the Killam Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts ^[5]
• 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". ^[6]

Selected publications

• 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

• Esthesic and poietic
• Trace

References

Citations

1. Dunsby, Jonathan (2001). "Nattiez, Jean-Jacques" . Grove Music Online . Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.19619.(subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required)
2. Pryer 1996, p. 102.
3. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (May 26, 2010). "SSHRC - Jean-Jacques Nattiez". Ottawa: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
4. Vachon, Jean-Pascal. "Nattiez, Jean-Jacques". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Ottawa: Historica Foundation. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
5. 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.
6. "Appointments to the Order of Canada". 20 September 2017.

Sources

• Bernard, Jonathan W. (July–October 1986). "On 'Density 21.5': A Response to Nattiez". Music Analysis . 69 (1): 207–231. doi:10.2307/854186. JSTOR   854186.
• Dunsby, Jonathan (Winter 1983). "Music and Semiotics: the Nattiez Phase'". The Musical Quarterly . 69 (1): 27–43. JSTOR   741799.
• Pryer, Anthony (1996). "Nattiez's 'Music and Discourse': Situating the Philosophy". Music Analysis . 15 (1): 101–106. doi:10.2307/854172. JSTOR   854172.