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John Barbirolli

1899 - 1970

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Sir John Barbirolli (né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Barbirolli is the 40th most popular conductor (up from 43rd in 2019), the 1,873rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,695th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, John Barbirolli ranks 40 out of 128. Before him are Pierre Monteux, John Philip Sousa, Riccardo Chailly, Colin Davis, John Eliot Gardiner, and George Szell. After him are Fritz Reiner, Thomas Beecham, Lovro von Matačić, Charles Munch, Eliahu Inbal, and Antal Doráti.

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Among people born in 1899, John Barbirolli ranks 106. Before him are Hans Krása, Konstantinos Tsatsos, Gustav Ucicky, Pavel Haas, Mart Stam, and Haim Arlosoroff. After him are Wilhelm Röpke, Walter Lantz, Nie Rongzhen, Yaakov Dori, Wolf Messing, and Benjamin Péret. Among people deceased in 1970, John Barbirolli ranks 95. Before him are Albert Lamorisse, Mikhail Mil, Franz Schlegelberger, Nikolay Shvernik, George Szell, and Benedetto Aloisi Masella. After him are Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Amadeo Bordiga, Pavel Belyayev, Maud Lewis, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, and Lucien Goldmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Barbirolli ranks 1,873 out of 8,785. Before him are Tommy Smith (1945), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Douglas Mawson (1882), Michael Apted (1941), and John Rolfe (1585). After him are James Gillray (1756), E. P. Thompson (1924), Andrew Lincoln (1973), Wendy Hiller (1912), William Renshaw (1861), and Brian Aldiss (1925).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, John Barbirolli ranks 5. Before him are Leopold Stokowski (1882), Simon Rattle (1955), Colin Davis (1927), and John Eliot Gardiner (1943). After him are Thomas Beecham (1879), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Adrian Boult (1889), Henry Wood (1869), Antonio Pappano (1959), Daniel Harding (1975), and Jeffrey Tate (1943).

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