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James Norman Grier (born 27 October 1952) is a Canadian-American musicologist who is professor of Music History at University of Western Ontario. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020. In 2009 he received a Killam Research Fellowship. 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.

References

1. ^ "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. ^ 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.

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