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Festival di Sanremo

LC control no.n 83220354
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Meeting name headingFestival di Sanremo
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Variant(s)Festival della canzone
Festival della canzone italiana
Festival di San Remo
San Remo Festival
San Remo Music Festival
Biography/History noteThe Festival di Sanremo is a popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of San Remo, Italy in the Teatro Ariston. It is a competition amongst previously unreleased songs, and was begun in 1951.
Beginning date1951
LocatedSan Remo, Italy
Field of activityPopular music competition
Found inBorgna, G. La grande evasione, c1980: t.p. (Festival di Sanremo)
Aragozzini, A. Encic. del Festival di Sanremo, 1990: cover (Festival della canzone italiana) p. 3 (1st held 1/29-31/51)
Settimelli, L. Tutto Sanremo, c1991: cover (Festival della canzone) p. 7 (Festival di Sanremo)
Le 20 canzoni di San Remo 1960, 1960?: container (Festival di San Remo)
Prize winning songs of the San Remo Festival [SR] 1961: label (San Remo Festival) container (San Remo Music Festival)
Wikipedia, viewed 4 March 2013 (The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo is a popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo, in Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. Usually referred to as Festival di Sanremo...first edition...held between 29 and 31 January 1951...From 1951 to 1976, the Festival took place in the Sanremo Casinò€, but starting from 1977, all the following editions were held in the Teatro Ariston, except 1990's one, held at the Nuovo Mercato dei Fiori)
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