JUBILEE SUMMER
This year brings the 200 th. jannit-er-sary of the death of King Aujjust the Strong, and the 50th anniversary of Richard Wagner, who spent his jyouth in. Dresden.-; In^qomraeinoratidn. of these two anniversaries the authorities of the Saxon capital have decided jto observa the summer of 1933 as a "jijJbilee summer." An exhibition, "August the [Strong .and His Times," will be held from Easter until 15th September. That monarch, the "Prince of :B:iroque," set the stamp of his personality? on Dresden as did no other single man, and his reign was of epoch-mak.W importance for all Saxony. The*, exhibition will show works of art and' artisanship, documents, and other things connected with the personality of thiij extraordinary ruler, and will deal so generally with the cultural development of the period from about 1670 to" 1740 State municipal, and private ooMections will be included. la memory D f -3Bchard TnS?. 6 Stf- t6 °pera Q1 Preßl*t the composer's entire musieaO. ana aramatio w° rS; The third chi<* Mature t)i the jubilee summer" will ,be an exhibition of Saxon art. Thfl-ro trrlu
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 36, 13 February 1933, Page 11
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182JUBILEE SUMMER Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 36, 13 February 1933, Page 11
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