centennial
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Britten Serenade in the Park Although it has generated less hoopla than the Verdi and Wagner bicentennials this season, the English composer Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday is also cause for celebration in 2013.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2013
Mendelssohn’s 200th followed in 2009, and 2010 brought a bumper crop of celebrations, with impresarios intertwining the bicentennials of Robert Schumann and Frederic Chopin with the 150th anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s birth.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2011
Their centennials or bicentennials are being commemorated this year.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2011
This summer the spotlight is on the chamber and piano works of Schumann and Chopin, whose bicentennials are celebrated this year.
From New York Times • May 7, 2010
Outwardly, at least, the planned hoopla looks much the same as that attending other big-bow-wow anniversaries, such as the bicentennials of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
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