Pierre Monteux

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Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

France

Active from

1875-04-04

Active to

1964-07-01

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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, Ravel's Daph

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5 total works indexed

1. Going deeper with convolutions

   · 2015 · cited 32,877x

2. Classification of Surgical Complications

   · 2004 · cited 28,241x

3. Array programming with NumPy

   · 2020 · cited 23,475x

4. Outline of a Theory of Practice

   · 1977 · cited 19,108x

5. Testing for a unit root in time series regression

   · 1988 · cited 12,664x

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Quotes

• “I regret they don't have symphony orchestras all over the world so I could see Burma and Samarkand.”
• “Debussy was behind me when we played L'après-midi d'un faune because he did not want anything in his score to be changed on account of the dancing. And when we came to a forte, he said 'Monteux, that is a forte, play forte'. He did not want anything shimmering. And he wanted everything exactly in time.”
• “I decided then and there that the symphonies of Beethoven and Brahms were the only music for me, not the music of this crazy Russian. … My one desire was to flee that room and find a quiet corner in which to rest my aching head. Then Diaghilev turned to me and with a smile said, "This is a masterpiece, Monteux, which will completely revolutionize music and make you famous, because you are going to conduct it." And, of course, I did.”
• “'E does not know 'is métier.”
• “Stravinsky, 'e can do what 'e like, but I have to do what ze composer 'as written.”
• “Now that was very impressive. But before you try to impress the ladies in the balcony, make sure the horns come in.”

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