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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 205,137 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Pierre Monteux is the 49th most popular conductor (down from 40th in 2019), the 2,677th most popular biography from France (down from 2,504th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Pierre Monteux ranks 49 out of 97Before him are Václav Neumann, Riccardo Chailly, Semyon Bychkov, Lovro von Matačić, Felix Mottl, and Yuri Temirkanov. After him are Kurt Sanderling, Karel Ančerl, Victor de Sabata, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Marek Janowski, and Günter Wand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Pierre Monteux ranks 67Before him are Othenio Abel, Robert Garrett, Konstantin Hierl, Georges Hébert, Jacques Futrelle, and Jim Corbett. After him are Eugen Schauman, Alfred P. Sloan, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, Carl Milles, and Princess Louise of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1964, Pierre Monteux ranks 74Before him are Ben Hecht, Wanda Wasilewska, Rauf Orbay, Carl Van Vechten, T. H. White, and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann. After him are Otto Ciliax, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Firmin Lambot, Otto Schniewind, Sofoklis Venizelos, and Guillermo Subiabre.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Monteux ranks 2,677 out of 6,011Before him are Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry (1828), Jules Jamin (1818), N'Golo Kanté (1991), Georges Wilson (1921), Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700), and Champfleury (1821). After him are Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788), Corbinian (670), Micheline Presle (1922), Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), Savitri Devi (1905), and Marie Thérèse de Bourbon (1666).

Among CONDUCTORS In France

Among conductors born in France, Pierre Monteux ranks 3Before him are Lorin Maazel (1930) and Charles Munch (1891). After him are Jean Martinon (1910) and Paul Paray (1886).