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>Iranian music festival omits Beethoven because of female voices
>TEHRAN, June 21 (AFP) -
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>Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" was barred from a music festival being staged
>here Wednesday because it uses the female voice, the organizer of the
>event said.
>
>"We will not play the Ninth Symphony, because it includes the voices of
>women, which are forbidden according to the Islamic law in force in our
>country," said Fereydun Nasseri, head of the Tehran Philharmonic
>Orchestra.
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>The Fete de la Musique, a music festival started in France in 1982 that
>now takes place in a number of countries, almost always includes "Ode to
>Joy," the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
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