Editing Pierre Monteux (section)

==Personal life==
Monteux had six children, two of them adopted. From his first marriage there were a son, Jean-Paul, and a daughter, Suzanne. Jean-Paul became a jazz musician, performing with artists such as [[Josephine Baker]] and [[Mistinguett]].<ref name=c22/> His second marriage produced a daughter, Denise, later known as a sculptress, and a son, [[Claude Monteux|Claude]], a [[flute|flautist]].<ref>Canarina, pp. 239–240</ref> After Monteux married Doris Hodgkins he legally adopted her two children, Donald, later a restaurateur, and Nancie, who after a career as a dancer became administrator of the Pierre Monteux School in Hancock.<ref name=history/>

Among Monteux's numerous honours, he was a Commandeur of the [[Légion d'honneur]] and a Knight of the [[Order of Oranje-Nassau]].<ref name=grove/><!-- REF FORMATTING NEEDS FIXING In 1960 he was inducted into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>[http://www.walkoffame.com/pierre-monteux Pierre Monteux. Inducted to the Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960 with 1 star], Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (2012). Retrieved 3 October 2012</ref>-->  A political and social moderate, in the politics of his adopted homeland he supported the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]<ref name=mapplebeck/> and was a strong opponent of racial discrimination. He ignored taboos on employing black artists;<ref>Canarina, p. 71</ref> reportedly, during the days of segregation in the US, when told he could not be served in a restaurant "for colored folk" he insisted that he was coloured – pink.<ref>Monteux (1962), pp. 13–15</ref>