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Jean Papineau-Couture

1916-2000 CA, Montreal
Composer of Classical

Jean Papineau-Couture, CC GOQ (November 12, 1916 – August 11, 2000) was a Canadian composer and academic. Guillaume Couture & Jean Papineau-Couture pierre tombale (tomb), Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal. 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.[1]

     
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Marche de Guillaument on Great Orchestral Marches by Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Sonate en sol pour violon et piano - Thème et variations on Opus Québec: Music by Champagne, Dompierre, Hetu, Laurin, Mathieu, Paineau-Couture, Prevost by Various Artists
Sonate en sol pour violon et piano - 3e mouvement on Opus Québec: Music by Champagne, Dompierre, Hetu, Laurin, Mathieu, Paineau-Couture, Prevost by Various Artists
Quatuor à cordes No. 1: I. Grave on Papineau-Couture: Quatuors à cordes Nos. 14 & Trio Slanò by Jean Papineau-Couture & Quatuor Molinari
Quatuor à cordes No. 1: II. Presto on Papineau-Couture: Quatuors à cordes Nos. 14 & Trio Slanò by Jean Papineau-Couture & Quatuor Molinari
Aria for Violin Solo on Sonatas For Solo Violin by Steven Staryk
Sonate en sol pour violon et piano - 1er mouvement on Opus Québec: Music by Champagne, Dompierre, Hetu, Laurin, Mathieu, Paineau-Couture, Prevost by Various Artists
Violin Concerto: I. — on Papineau-Couture, J.: Canadian Composers Portraits by Jean Papineau-Couture, Mario Bernardi, Jacques Beaudry, Serge Garant & Alexander Brott
Violin Concerto: III. — on Papineau-Couture, J.: Canadian Composers Portraits by Jean Papineau-Couture, Mario Bernardi, Jacques Beaudry, Serge Garant & Alexander Brott
Piano Suite: V. Rondo on Ovation, Vol. 2: Music of Archer, Morawetz, Papineau-Couture, Forsyth and Schafer by Various Artists, Elmer Iseler, Kazuhiro Koizumi, Georg Tintner, Uri Mayer, Mario Bernardi, Raffi Armenian, Bo Holten, Franz-Paul Decker & Alex Pauk

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Quatuors À Cordes Nos. 1-4 Trio SlanòJean Papineau-Couture, Quatuor Molinari2016Album
ProuesseRivka Golani / David Jaeger, Marjan Mozetich, Jean Papineau-Couture, Ann Southam, Steve Tittle1992Album
Jean Papineau-Couture: Ideé ⦁ Slano ⦁ Départ ⦁ Verségères ⦁ DialoguesJean Papineau-Couture / Louis-Philippe Pelletier ⦁ Accordes String Quartet ⦁ Robert Aitken ⦁ Denise Lupien1988Album
Anthology Of Canadian Music / Anthologie de la Musique CanadienneJean Papineau-Couture1979Album
UntitledQuatuor Classique De Montréal - Jean Papineau-Couture / Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux / Alain Gagnon1972Album
Music And Musicians Of Canada Centennial Edition Vol. X / Musique Et Musiciens Du Canada Edition Du Centenaire Vol. XHarry Somers, Jean Papineau-Couture, Ludwig van Beethoven1967Album
Programme N°4Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Brott, Jean Papineau-Couture1967Compil.
Programme 148Pierrette Alarie, Jean Papineau-Couture, John Beckwith, Clermont PépinAlbum
String Quartet No. 3 (1962) / Quatuor A Cordes No. 2 (1967)Orford String Quartet - John Weinzweig / Jean Papineau-CoutureAlbum
Études Symphoniques Op. 13 / ComplémentaritéJean-Paul Sevilla, Robert Schumann, Jean Papineau-CoutureAlbum
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