Jean Papineau-Couture, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Papineau-Couture

composer and academic

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1916

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 15-Aug-2000

Profession: composer, musicologist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jean Papineau-Couture, (November 12, 1916 – August 11, 2000) was a Canadian composer and academic. 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.
Two of his notable pupils were François Morel and Pierre Rolland. 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.