{"product_id":"pierre-monteux-maitre-9781574670820","title":"Pierre Monteux, Maitre","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePierre Monteux became famous at the age of 38 for conducting the riotous world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ÊRite of SpringÊ in Paris on May 29  1913. The composer  fearing bodily harm  escaped through a backstage window  while the imperturbable conductor persisted  forever to be identified with the event. He would also conduct the first concert performance and one of the first two recordings of Stravinsky's masterpiece  the other one conducted by Stravinsky himself. Though French by birth  the distinctively portly man with the walrus mustache resisted being typecast as a French conductor. He could have been a European maestro: he played for Brahms  worked with Grieg  presided over the world premieres of major works by Ravel  Stravinsky and many others  was Diaghilev's conductor of choice. But it was Monteux's American audiences  especially in San Francisco and Boston  who would love him the most over the course of a long career. He conducted many American premieres  works of Debussy  Falla  Ravel  and among the more than a dozen Boston premieres  those of ÊThe Rite of SpringÊ and of Mahler's ÊFirst SymphonyÊ. Canarina  a conductor and teacher of conducting himself  studied with Monteux for seven summers and brings great personal warmth and understanding to this wise  admiring and honest book  the first full-length biography of the man whom so many knew and loved as  Maitre.","brand":"Hal Leonard Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041461633367,"sku":"9781574670820","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781574670820.jpg?v=1750950369","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pierre-monteux-maitre-9781574670820","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}