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About Jean-Paul C. Montagnier
- Jean-Paul C.
- Montagnier (born September 28, 1965 at Lyon) is a French musicologist.
- He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he received two first prizes in musical analysis (1988, professor: Claude Ballif) and music history (1989, professor: Yves Gérard), before completing a PhD at Duke University (1994).
- He is currently Professor of musicology at the University of Lorraine (Nancy, France), and Associate Member of the Institut de Recherche en Musicologie (CNRS).
- He also was Adjunct Professor at McGill University.
- He was involved with Musica Gallica, an edition of the works of the musical patrimony of France.
- He serves on the editorial board of the Collected Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully published by Olms (Germany).
- He was made Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government in 2012.
- He was nominated to become a Robert M.
- Trotter Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance during the 2018–2019 academic year.
- He specializes in the sacred music of the French Baroque, and has extensively published in numerous international journals.
- In addition to several books and book chapters, he has also edited many scores and facsimiles.
- He is regularly invited to lecture and teach in North-American and European universities. He is a member of several learned societies, among which the American Musicological Society, the Royal Musical Association, and the International Musicological Society. His grandfather, Georges Montagnier (1892-1967), was a novelist, playwrighter and poet.
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