Jean Papineau-Couture, (November 12, 1916August 11, 2000) was a

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composer and academic. Guillaume Couture & Jean Papineau-Couture pierre tombale

Born in

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, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer

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. As a child he studied piano with his mother. He first studied privately in Montreal with

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before entering the ''

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'' where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1937. He then attended the

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where he received a Bachelor of Music in 1941. He studied with

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at the

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. Returning to

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, Papineau-Couture's teaching career started in 1946 when he joined the faculty of the ''

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'' where he stayed until 1962. He also taught in the Faculty of Music at the ''

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''. He was named vice-dean in 1967 and dean from 1968 until 1973. His students included

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, Pierre Rolland, and

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. In 1962 Papineau-Couture was awarded the ''Calixa-Lavallée'' Award. In 1968, he was made an Officer of the

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and was promoted to Companion in 1993. In 1989, he was made a Grand Officer of the

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. Papineau-Couture received the

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for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1994 for his contribution to classical music.

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