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Show THE ZURICH FESTIVAL. - The following, which we clip from an exchange, was written before the 4th of July, but it is still readable. Great preparations are being made at Zurich for the federal singing festival, which is held every five years, and will open this year on the anniversary of American Independence, July 4th. Every singing society in the confederation will send its choicest voices; some of the best artists and artistes of Germany and France have promised their co-operation, and a building is being erected, near the lake, capable of containing nine thousand persons - three thousand performers and six thousand listeners. Temporary hotels, calculated to accommodate six to seven thousand guests, are in the course of erection. The festival will last the entire week, and wind up on the following week with an imposing ceremonial and amid great rejoicings. The harbor and the shores of the lake will be brilliantly illuminated every night; and twelve great electric lamps will make the neighborhood of the concert hall as bright as day. |