1875 - 1964
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, Pierre Monteux ranks 49 out of 97. Before 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.
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 43
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 45
1899 - 1985
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 46
1856 - 1911
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 47
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 48
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 49
1912 - 2011
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 50
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 51
1892 - 1967
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 52
1928 - 2002
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 53
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 54
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 55
Among people born in 1875, Pierre Monteux ranks 67. Before 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 74. Before 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.
1875 - 1946
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 61
1875 - 1961
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 62
1875 - 1955
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 63
1875 - 1957
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 64
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 65
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 66
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 67
1875 - 1904
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 68
1875 - 1966
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 69
1875 - 1961
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 70
1875 - 1895
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 71
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 72
1875 - 1906
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 73
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 68
1905 - 1964
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 69
1881 - 1964
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 70
1880 - 1964
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 71
1906 - 1964
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 72
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 73
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 74
1891 - 1964
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 75
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 76
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 77
1887 - 1964
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 78
1894 - 1964
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 79
1903 - 1964
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 80
Among people born in France, Pierre Monteux ranks 2,677 out of 6,011. Before 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).
1828 - 1886
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,671
1818 - 1886
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,672
1991 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 2,673
1921 - 2010
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,674
1700 - 1777
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,675
1821 - 1889
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 2,676
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,677
1788 - 1832
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,678
670 - 730
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,679
1922 - 2024
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,680
1019 - 1089
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,681
1905 - 1982
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,682
1666 - 1732
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,683
Among conductors born in France, Pierre Monteux ranks 3. Before him are Lorin Maazel (1930) and Charles Munch (1891). After him are Jean Martinon (1910) and Paul Paray (1886).
1930 - 2014
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 1
1891 - 1968
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 2
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 3
1910 - 1976
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 4
1886 - 1979
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 5