Ernest Alexandre Ansermet (November 11, 1883 – February 20, 1969) was a Swiss conductor. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... See Conductor for other possible uses of the word. ...

A contemporary of Wilhelm Furtwangler and Otto Klemperer, and like them a conductor of 20th century music, Ansermet represents a very different tradition and approach. He was born in Vevey, Switzerland and was originally a mathematics professor, teaching at the University of Lausanne. He began conducting at the Casino in Montreaux in 1912, and from 1915 to 1923 was the conductor for the Diaghilev Ballet. Traveling in France for this, he met both Debussy and Ravel and consulted them on the performance of their works. During the World War I, he met Igor Stravinsky, who was exiled in Switzerland, and began a lifelong association with Russian music. Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954) was a German conductor and composer. ... Otto Klemperer (May 14, 1885 – July 6, 1973) was a German-born conductor and composer. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Location within Switzerland Vevey is a small city in Switzerland, located in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, at 46°28′N 6°51′E, not far from Lausanne. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Claude Debussy Claude Achille Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918), composer of impressionistic classical music. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, known especially for the subtlety, richness, and poignancy of his music and generally considered to be one of the major composers of the 20th century. ... Combatants Entente Powers Central Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties > 5 million military deaths > 3 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars was a world... Igor Stravinsky in his middle ages. ...

In 1918, he founded his own orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He travelled widely in Europe and America and became famous for accurate performances of difficult modern music, making first recordings of works such as Stravinsky's Capriccio with the composer as soloist. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Orchestra of French-speaking Switzerland, OSR) was founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet. ...

Ansermet was one of the first in the classical music field to take jazz music seriously, and in 1919, he wrote an article praising Sidney Bechet. Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was a Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. ...

After World War II, Ansermet and his orchestra rose to international prominence through a long-standing contract with Decca Records, and between then and his death, he recorded most of his repertoire, often two or three times. His interpretations were widely regarded as admirably clear and authoritative, though they were not without their detractors, and differed notably from those of other famous twentieth-century specialists, notably Pierre Monteux and Stravinsky himself. Ansermet disapproved of Stravinsky's practice of revising his works, and always played the original versions. Although famous for performing much modern music by other composers such as Arthur Honegger and Frank Martin, he avoided altogether the music of Arnold Schoenberg and his associates, even writing a book, Les Fondaments de la Musique dans la Conscience Humaine, in which he sought to prove that Schoenberg's idiom was false and irrational. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII or World War Two), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the... Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929. ... Pierre Monteux (April 4, 1875 – July 1, 1964) was an orchestra conductor born in Paris, France. ... Arthur Honegger (March 10, 1892 – November 27, 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. ... Frank Martin (September 15, 1890 – November 21, 1974) was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands, but always remained famous in Switzerland. ... -1...

In his old age he and his ensemble surprised many by issuing discs devoted to Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms. These performances were not at all conventionally Germanic, and were much criticized at the time of their appearance, but during recent years their vivacity has come to be appreciated more. (Franz) Joseph Haydn (in German, Josef; he never used the Franz) (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was a leading composer of the classical period. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ... Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of classical music. ...

Ansermet was an ardent man who argued his opinions vehemently. He was notable in Britain for his argumentative rehearsals with British orchestras, who were used to the more jovial style of Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Adrian Boult. His last recording, typically of Stravinsky's Firebird, was made in London with the New Philharmonia Orchestra, and a recording of the rehearsals and sessions was made as a memorial to him. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (April 8, 1889 - February 22, 1983) was an English conductor. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The Philharmonia is an orchestra based in London. ...

Ansermet composed some pieces for the piano and orchestra, among them a symphonic poem entitled Feuilles de Printemps (Leaves of Spring).

He died in Geneva. Geneva (French: Genève, German: Genf, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland, situated where Lake Geneva (French Lac Léman) flows into the Rhône River. ...