Jean-Jacques Nattiez (; born December 30, 1945) is a French musicologist and ethnomusicologist active in Canada, who is seminal figure in music semiology. He has been a Professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal since 1972.
Life and career
Jean-Jacques Nattiez was born on December 30, 1945, in Amiens, France.
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
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). .
- Wagner Androgyne: A Study in Interpretation. Translated by Stewart Spencer. Princeton University Press, 1993. (pbk).
See also
- Esthesic and poietic
- Trace