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= Palermo =

Music
Music is one of the cultural exports from Palermo. Palermo is home to many famous theaters such as the Teatro Massimo, the Teatro di Verdura a Villa Castelnuovo, the Teatro Politeama Garibaldi, the Teatro Biondo, the Teatro Santa Cecilia, the auditorium of the Vincenzo Bellini music conservatory, the Nostra Signora della Soledad (founded near the end of the 16th century ) and the Salone dello Steri.

During the 19th and early 20th century, Palermo played a big role in contributing many different musical periodicals throughout Italy such as La routa, which ran from 1840 to 1842 and Il corriere dei teatri, which ran in 1866. Even before Italy united, Palermo periodicals read as Italian periodicals, being compared to those in Milan. Palermo was also one of the cities that helped in the development of opera.

In September and October of 1943, the Red Cross organized concerts where members of the Palermo Opera Company as well as other guests would perform for soldiers in the Red Cross Theater. In 1949 the International Society for Contemporary Music chose Palermo as the site for its festival. For a time in the 60's, a festival known as Settimana per la Nuova Musica was held in Palermo. At the time it was very well known in the music world. In 1992, the Teatro Massimo started a program that provided a concert of Baroque style music which lasted for a few years.