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Jean Papineau-Couture, CC GOQ (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ papino kutyʁ]; November 12, 1916 – August 11, 2000) was a Canadian composer and academic.[1]
Jean Papineau-Couture | |
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| Born | November 12, 1916 |
| Died | August 11, 2000 (aged 83) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Academic and composer |
| Awards | |
Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. As a child he studied piano with his mother. He first studied privately in Montreal with Gabriel Cusson before entering the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1937. He then attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he received a Bachelor of Music in 1941. He studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Returning to Quebec, Papineau-Couture's teaching career started in 1946 when he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he stayed until 1962. He also taught in the Faculty of Music at the Université de Montréal. He was named vice-dean in 1967 and dean from 1968 until 1973. His students included François Morel, Pierre Rolland, and Jeannine Vanier.
In 1962 Papineau-Couture was awarded the Calixa-Lavallée Award. In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1993. In 1989, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Papineau-Couture received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1994 for his contribution to classical music.[2]
Further reading
edit- Bail Milot, Louise (1986). Jean Papineau-Couture : la vie, la carrière et l'œuvre (in French). Hurtubise HMH.
- Bradley, Ian L. (1977). "Jean Papineau-Couture". Twentieth Century Canadian Composers. University of Victoria. pp. 98–111.
References
edit- ^ Luko, Alexis; Plouffe, Hélène (2008-06-11). "Jean Papineau-Couture". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ "Jean Papineau-Couture biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
External links
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Media related to Jean Papineau-Couture at Wikimedia Commons- Jean Papineau-Couture at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Jean Papineau-Couture. Canadian Music Centre
- Jean Papineau-Couture. Discography at Discogs.com
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