John Barbirolli blue plaque

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Looking up at this Marchmont Street site, you're standing where the young John Barbirolli spent his formative years as a musician, living here from age 14 until he was 30. It was in this house that he made the crucial transition from promising young cellist to emerging conductor, practicing relentle...

Location

Marchmont Street

Inscription

Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli C.H. 1899-1970 Conductor & Cellist lived in a house on this site 1913-1929