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# John Barbirolli

(1899–1970)   Conductor

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John Barbirolli was a conductor, best known for *One Hundred Years Of The Halle*.

## Quick Facts About John Barbirolli

Born December 2, 1899

Died July 29, 1970

Profession Conductor

Notable works One Hundred Years Of The Halle

## About John Barbirolli

Sir John Barbirolli 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.

##  Quotes by John Barbirolli

> [Do you know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-barbirolli/do-you-know-why-conductors-live-so-long-because-we-perspire-so-much/)

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> [Modern music is three farts and a raspberry, orchestrated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-barbirolli/modern-music-is-three-farts-and-a-raspberry-orchestrated/)

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> [Ladies of the choir, I want you to sound like twenty-two women having babies without chloroform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-barbirolli/ladies-of-the-choir-i-want-you-to-sound-like-twenty-two-women-having/)

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