John Barbirolli

Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 - July 29, 1970), was a British conductor and cellist who led the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others.

Conductor of New York Philharmonic 1937-1942

In 1937 Barbirolli achieved a coup when he was invited to succeed Toscanini as conductor of the New York Philharmonic, a tremendously prestigious post. Although his five seasons there were a musical triumph, as surviving recordings show, he was under constant attack from the trenchant New York press, notably the anglophobe critic Olin Downes.

Related Topics:
1937 - Toscanini - New York Philharmonic - Anglophobe - Olin Downes

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