Jean Papineau-Couture

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Jean Papineau-Couture (November 12, 1916 – August 11, 2000) was a Canadian composer and academic.

Born in Montreal, as a child he studied piano with his mother. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf 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, his career started in 1946 with the Montreal Conservatory 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.

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.