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He recalled, " My first orchestral engagement was with the Queen's Hall Orchestra – I was probably the youngest orchestral musician ever, joining them in 1916.
While playing in the Queen's Hall Orchestra, Barbirolli also played in the opera pit for the Beecham and Carl Rosa opera companies, in recitals with the pianist Ethel Bartlett, with orchestras in theatres, cinemas, hotels and dance-halls, and, as he said, " everywhere except the street ".
During the last year of World War I Barbirolli enlisted in the army and became a lance-corporal in the Suffolk Regiment.
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