Festival, Music

Festival, Music

Fierceness (See SAVAGERY.)Bayreuthsince 1876, international center for Wagner’s operas. [Opera Hist.: Thompson, 165]Berkshire Music Festival(Tanglewood) summer home of Boston Symphony since 1934. [Music Hist.: Thompson, 202–203]Edinburgh Festivalinternationally famous arts celebration since 1947. [Music Hist.: Thompson, 617]Eisteddfodancient congress of bards, still held annually in Wales. [Music Hist.: Benét, 305]Festival of the Two Worlds(Spoleto Festival) founded in 1958 by Gian-Carlo Menotti and held annually in Spoleto, Italy. [Music Hist.: NCE, 2599]Glyndebourne Festivalsannual operatic events held in Sussex, England since 1934. [Music Hist.: NCE, 1097]Newport Jazz Festivalannual summer jazz celebration. [Am. Mus.: NCE, 1927]Woodstock300,000 rock music fans attended this festival held near Bethel, N.Y. (August 16, 1969). [Am. Music Hist.: EB, X: 741]