Editing Claude Monteux (section)

{{Short description|American flutist and conductor (1920–2013)}}
'''Claude Monteux''' (October 15, 1920{{spaced ndash}}February 22, 2013) was an American [[flautist|flutist]] and [[conducting|conductor]].  Born in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], the son of conductor [[Pierre Monteux]], Monteux studied [[flute]] with Georges Laurent, then the principal flutist of the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]].  He studied conducting with his father, both privately and at the Monteux School for conductors.

As a flutist, Monteux played under the batons of [[Arturo Toscanini]], [[Bruno Walter]], [[Thomas Beecham]], [[Leopold Stokowski]], [[Pablo Casals]], [[Igor Stravinsky]], and his father.  As a conductor, he served as music director of the [[Columbus Symphony Orchestra]] (1953–1956) and the [[Hudson Valley Philharmonic]] (1959–1975).

Monteux taught summer courses at the Pierre Monteux School for conductors in [[Maine]] and was affiliated with the [[San Diego State University]] School of Music and Dance.  Monteux served on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music, the Peabody Conservatory, [[Vassar College]] and [[Ohio State University]].  He made commercial recordings for such labels as London and Phillips, including works by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] with the [[Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields]].

Monteux had three children from his marriage to Adeline Johanna Schulz Hiatt Peake.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Adeline Peake (obituary) | work=Bangor Daily News | date=2008-09-25 | url=http://bangordailynews.com/2008/09/25/obituaries/adeline-peake/ | accessdate=2012-06-13}}</ref>  Their marriage ended in divorce.  His eldest son, Robert, was born in 1952 in [[Yonkers, New York]] and is a former professional ballet dancer. His daughter, Sylvia Monteux, was born in 1954 in [[Bar Harbor, Maine]] and currently resides in Ellsworth, Maine.  His son Gerard, was born in [[Columbus, Ohio]] in 1955, and is a television sports host and nature photographer under the professional name of [[Bill Patrick (sports anchor)|William (Bill) Patrick]],<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Weddings: Beth Adubato, William Patrick | work=The New York Times | date=2002-04-28 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/style/weddings-beth-adubato-william-patrick.html | accessdate=2014-11-29}}</ref> as well as a board member of the Pierre Monteux School.  His fourth marriage was to the former Mary Ann Cahn, a flutist.  His grandson [[:de:Kirk Monteux|Kirk Monteux]], born in 1965, is a composer.  His granddaughter Jessica Lynn Fitzsimmons was born in 1982.  Monteux was widowed upon the death of his wife Mary Ann, and his son Alain also pre-deceased him.<ref>{{cite web | title=Claude Monteux (obituary) | work=Ellsworth American | date=2013-02-27 | url=http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-obituaries/claude-monteux/ | accessdate=2014-11-29 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029161957/http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-obituaries/claude-monteux/ | archivedate=2014-10-29 }}</ref>