Frases de Pierre Monteux

Pierre Monteux foi um maestro nascido em Paris, França que era naturalizado estadunidense.

✵ 4. Abril 1875 – 1. Julho 1964
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Pierre Monteux: Frases em inglês

“Madame, everyone is Someone.”

Pierre Monteux

From Monteux, Fifi (1962). Everyone is Someone. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. OCLC 602036672, p. 17
Initially told by a hotel owner there were no rooms, she then said “Excuse me sir, I did not know that you were Someone. I think I can accommodate you”. Monteux replied: "Madame, everyone is Someone. Au revoir!" then left.

“Now that was very impressive. But before you try to impress the ladies in the balcony, make sure the horns come in.”

Pierre Monteux

Quoted from Freedland, M. André Previn. Century, 1991. p97
To a student conductor.

“E does not know 'is métier.”

Pierre Monteux

Quoted from Smith, Erik (2005). "Pierre Monteux". Mostly Mozart – Articles, memoirs, rarities and surprises. Winchester: Porcellini Publications. ISBN 0-9544259-1-X., p. 37</ref>
When told that he should insist on more rehearsal time because Celibidache was given more rehearsals with an orchestra.

“Stravinsky, 'e can do what 'e like, but I have to do what ze composer 'as written.”

Pierre Monteux

Quoted from Smith, Erik (2005). "Pierre Monteux". Mostly Mozart – Articles, memoirs, rarities and surprises. Winchester: Porcellini Publications. ISBN 0-9544259-1-X, pp. 36–38
Diaghilev asked him to conduct Stravinsky's new Les Noces with no rehearsal, as the composer would already have conducted the first performance, Monteux following on from there.

“How I regret not having told César Franck of my profound admiration for him and his music. After playing he Sonata for violin for the first time, I nearly wept over certain phrases. The beauty of it overwhelmed me.”

Pierre Monteux

Quoted in Monteux, Doris G (1965). It's All in the Music: The Life and Work of Pierre Monteux. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. OCLC 604146, p. 196

“I regret they don't have symphony orchestras all over the world so I could see Burma and Samarkand.”

Pierre Monteux

'Pierre Monteux in his own words', Classic Record Collector, Autumn 2003, Number 34, p. 18.

“Young conductors talk too much.”

Pierre Monteux

From Monteux, Doris G (1965). It's All in the Music: The Life and Work of Pierre Monteux. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. OCLC 604146, p. 196

“Don’t be disrespectful to your players (no swearing)”

Pierre Monteux

Quoted in Monteux, Doris G (1965). It's All in the Music: The Life and Work of Pierre Monteux. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. OCLC 604, pp. 215-216

“I always dreamed in my youth of a great, consuming love. I was often disappointed and returned each time to my music for consolation. It never failed me.”

Pierre Monteux

From Monteux, Doris G (1965). It's All in the Music: The Life and Work of Pierre Monteux. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. OCLC 604146,, p. 198

“Damned professional”

Pierre Monteux

From Monteux, Fifi (1962). Everyone is Someone. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. OCLC 602036672, p. 63
When asked in an interview to describe himself (as a conductor) in one word, Monteux replied in two.