biography
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Barbirolli, Sir John (Giovanni Battista)
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pronunciation:
[bah(r)birolee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1899–1970)
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| biography:
| Conductor and cellist, born in London, UK of French and Italian parents. He served in World War 1, played in several leading string quartets (1920–4), and succeeded Toscanini as conductor of the New York Philharmonic (1937). He returned to England as permanent conductor (1943–58) of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, later becoming its principal conductor (1959–68). In 1939 he married oboist Evelyn Rothwell. He was created a knight in 1949, and awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1950. |
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