James Grier (musicologist)

James Grier
Born (1952-10-27) 27 October 1952 (age 72)[1]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
NationalityCanadian, American[1]
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Toronto[1]
Academic work
DisciplineMusicology
InstitutionsUniversity of Western Ontario

James Norman Grier (born 27 October 1952)[1] is an American musicologist who is professor of Music History at University of Western Ontario.[2] He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020.[3] In 2009 he received a Killam Research Fellowship.[3] He discovered 11th-century monk Adémar de Chabannes as one of the first to place musical notes higher or lower according to their pitch, a principle of musical notation still in use today.[4][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Western University. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ "James Grier, FRSC - Don Wright Faculty of Music". Western University. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Van Brenk, Debora (13 April 2020). "Musicologist Grier named Guggenheim Fellow". Western News. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  4. ^ Montgomery, Marc (22 December 2014). "Canadian musicologist makes 900 year old discovery". Radio Canada International. Retrieved 24 February 2024.