Monteux

[ mon-tœ; French mawn-tœ ]

noun

1. Pierre [pye, r], 1875–1964, U.S. symphony orchestra conductor born in France.

Monteux

/ mɔ̃tø /

noun

1. MonteuxPierre18751964MUSFrenchMUSIC: conductor Pierre (pjɛr). 1875–1964, US conductor, born in France

Example Sentences

When he appeared on the BBC radio program “Desert Island Discs” in 1980, he selected favorite recordings by Pierre Monteux, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter and his one idol, Furtwängler, whose rare ability to generate tension he admired.

From New York Times

Critics heard the transparent, though dry, results as typically French, but the ensemble’s fervor — its blare, some said — under Munch was his own, removed from the grace that his mentor, Pierre Monteux, drew from the same players.

From New York Times

Monteux, who heard the work’s premiere as a boy and was asked to perform it so often that in 1949 he said he was “tired to death” of it, nonetheless did it with the Chicago Symphony in 1961 with his typical, graceful energy, leaving one of the finest records ever made.

From New York Times

From 1926 to 1930, the New York Philharmonic performed the Franck as much as Beethoven’s Fifth; Arturo Toscanini, Pierre Monteux and Willem Mengelberg were among the 12 conductors who led it in that period.

From New York Times

Since Monteux’s landmark, there have been more performances and recordings, especially from Francophile conductors, but the symphony never recovered its omnipresence.

From New York Times