Word: monteux
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...must be out of his mind!" These were the words of a bony, nervous lady who had just listened to the first part of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps as played in Philadelphia last week by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux. Having so spoken, the bony lady left the auditorium as did many another ignorant Philadelphia music listener. Those who kept their seats applauded with vigor. When all who wanted to leave had done so, Mr. Monteux continued his conducting...
...ovation. This they refused to do; instead, they too applauded their conductor. For though they had played well, in fact beautifully, the musicians were aware that most of the credit for a splendid performance of one of the most exciting compositions in modern music belonged to Mr. Monteux-who first conducted Le Sacre du Printemps and who is admittedly as familiar with the tangled splendor of its score as the composer himself...
...Pierre Monteux (now guest with the Philadelphia Orchestra...
...Philadelphians, including the giver of the prize, Edward W. Bok, onetime editor of the Ladies Home Journal; a few looked with hope and excitement at the ivory casket, which stood on the speaker's stand, containing a gold medal, a scroll and a check for $10,000. Pierre Monteux conducted the Philadelphian orchestra in the absence of its regular leader, Leopold Stokowski, a onetime winner of the Bok Prize. The other winners were all present except for the late Dr. Russel H. Conwell ("Acres of Diamonds") ; there was Samuel S. Fleisher, founder of the Graphic Sketch Club; Charles Custis...
...Philadelphia Orchestra began with Fritz Reiner of the Cincinnati Symphony for guest the first half season. Sir Thomas Beecham (England), Ossip Gabrilowitsch (Detroit), Josef Willem Mengelberg (New York Philharmonic), Pierre Monteux (France) and Frederick Stock (Chicago) are possibilities for portions of the last half. Conductor Leopold Stokowski (whose arm is lamed) sailed last week for Europe and the Orient, to be away a year looking for new, unusual music...