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Pierre Monteux

1875 - 1964

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Pierre Benjamin Monteux (pronounced [pjɛʁ mɔ̃.tø]; 4 April 1875 – 1 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1907. He came to prominence when, for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company between 1911 and 1914, he conducted the world premieres of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and other prominent works including Petrushka, The Nightingale, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, and Debussy's Jeux. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Monteux has received more than 220,656 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pierre Monteux is the 40th most popular conductor (up from 49th in 2019), the 2,389th most popular biography from France (up from 2,668th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Pierre Monteux ranks 40 out of 128. Before him are Václav Neumann, Charles Dutoit, Eliahu Inbal, Simon Rattle, John Philip Sousa, and Serge Koussevitzky. After him are Charles Munch, Riccardo Chailly, John Barbirolli, Lovro von Matačić, Antal Doráti, and Thomas Beecham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Pierre Monteux ranks 60. Before him are Maurice de Broglie, Issai Schur, Leonardo De Lorenzo, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Jacques Villon, and Prince Franz of Bavaria. After him are Albert Ketèlbey, Konstantin Hierl, Jacques Futrelle, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Robert Garrett, and Eugen Schauman. Among people deceased in 1964, Pierre Monteux ranks 60. Before him are Hinrich Lohse, Prince Axel of Denmark, Veit Harlan, Alan Ladd, Adib Shishakli, and Anna Vyrubova. After him are Flannery O'Connor, Jean Fautrier, Hermann Breith, Samuil Marshak, Flaminio Bertoni, and Wanda Wasilewska.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Monteux ranks 2,389 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Pogba (1993), Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti (1661), Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926), Georges Guynemer (1894), Matilda of Boulogne (1103), and Sébastien Loeb (1974). After him are Pierre Pflimlin (1907), Juliette Mayniel (1936), Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), Dominique Vandamme (1770), Claude Bolling (1930), and Jules Perrot (1810).

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Among CONDUCTORS In France

Among conductors born in France, Pierre Monteux ranks 2. Before him are Lorin Maazel (1930). After him are Charles Munch (1891), Jean Martinon (1910), and Paul Paray (1886).

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