Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre (born May 16, 1942) is a Canadian musicologist and educator living in

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Biography

She was born in

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and received a BA from the Collège Basile-Moreau there. She also earned a diploma in piano. From 1963 to 1968, she was a reference librarian at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

and from 1968 to 1970 performed the same function for the department of social medicine at the

Université de Sherbrooke The Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS; Quebec English, English: ''University of Sherbrooke'') is a French-language Public university, public research university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, with a second campus in Longueuil, a suburb on the Mont ...

. From 1971 to 1974, she attended the

École de musique Vincent-d'Indy The école de musique Vincent-d'Indy is a subsidized private music college situated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the Outremont, Quebec, Outremont district, that specializes in music education. The school was named after the French composer, Vin ...

and continued her studies at the Université de Montréal, receiving a doctorate in musicology. From 1981 to 2010, she was a professor at the Université de Montréal; from 1993 to 1998 she was dean of graduate studies there and was acting dean from 1997 to 1998. Her primary area of research was the history of music in Quebec. From 1986 to 1988, she was and advisor to the Minister of State for Culture of the

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ese Republic; she also taught at

Omar Bongo University Omar Bongo University (French: ''Université Omar Bongo'') is a public university which was founded as the National University of Gabon in 1970. It was renamed in honor of President Omar Bongo in 1978. It is based in Libreville, and was the count ...

in that country. From 1983 to 1985, she was president of the Association pour l’avancement de la recherche en musique québécoise (later the Société québécoise de recherche en musique). She has contributed to the ''Encyclopedia of Music in Canada'' and published several books: including biographies of

Serge Garant Albert Antonio Serge Garant, (September 22, 1929 – November 1, 1986) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music critic, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of ''Musique de notre siècle'' on Radio-Canada. In 1966, ...

, Jean Vallerand,

Gilles Potvin Gilles Potvin, (23 October 1923 – 4 September 2000) was a Canadian music critic and music historian. Potvin was born in Montreal. He was a music critic for ''Le Devoir'' (1961–66, 1973–85) and ''La Presse (Canadian newspaper), La Pres ...

Maryvonne Kendergi Maryvonne Kendergi or Kendergian, (15 August 1915 – 27 September 2011) was a Canadian-Armenian writer, professor, musicologist, pianist, and French-speaking Quebecer, Québécois commentator. Life Kendergi was born 15 August 1915 in Gaziante ...

, Adrienne Roy-Vilandré, and Gilles Tremblay.

Awards and honours

Lefebvre is a four-time winner of the Opus Prize for Book of the Year awarded by the . She received the MusCan Award of Excellence from the

SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 175,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collect ...

Foundation. In 2009, she received the Helmut Kallmann Award for Distinguished Service.

References

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