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Guide to European festivals in 1970

Vienna: 'Festival of Vienna', including Beet- hoven commemoration, 23 May - 21 June Salzburg: Music Festival, 26 July - 30 August

Switzerland

Lucerne: Music festival, 14 August - 8 Septem- ber Montreux: Music festival, 29 August - 4 October

.Germany

Mannheim: The 'May Market', 25 April - 5 May Oberammergau: Passion Play, 18 May - 28 Sep- tember

Bonn: Beethoven bicentenary festival, 2-8 May; 12 - 26 September Koblenz: Operetta on the Rhine, 1 July- 30 August Bayreuth: Wagner festival, 24 July - 27 August Munich: Opera festival, 12 July - 5 August Berlin: Festival of music and opera, 20 Septem-

ber - 7 October

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International Festival (music, opera, ballet), 15 June- 8 July

Florence: Maggio Musicale, 5 May - 28 June Venice: Biennale of Art, June - October Udine: Exhibition of engravings by Ticpolo, June Verona: Opera in the Arena, July - August Verona: Shakespeare festival in the Roman theatre, July Ravenna: Festival of symphonic music, July- August Venice: Film festival, August - September Perugia: Sacred music festival, September October

France

Bordeaux: Festival of music, 30 April-15 May

Cannes: Film festival, 30 April - 15 May Strasbourg: Music festival, 5 June-21 June Lyon: Festival of music, 10- 29 June Aix-en-Provence: Music festival, July

Spain

Barcelona: Festival of music, September; Song Festival, September Granada: Festival of music and dance. June- July Santander: Festival of music and dance, 1-31 August