The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-14
The Coming OF Sorrentino and
His Banda ROssa-
The Series Of six Concerts to
Commence Thursday.
A BAND OF SOLOIsTS.
Six Premiers of the italian
School Of Music.
other News of the Theatrical
and Musical Folk.

It IS less than q week now till the
coming of the famous Italian Banda
Rosa. which means Red Band. 70
the Auditorium for the most notable
musical engagement of the year kan
sas is 10 Join with Topeka in an
autumn musical festival
The railroads have granted rate
from points within IS miles Of Topeka
Of one and a third fare for the Banda
Rosa musical festival While undoubr-
s5lv Topeka itself could furnish salts
factory attendance for the entire SIX
concerts. it cannot be denied that the
people coming from towns around Will
make the engagement a grand success
The people In the towns surrounding,
always ready to help in a worthy cause
have already sent assurances that tne3
Will come 10 hear the Red Band con-
certs for the Auditorium pipe organ
fund
Opening next Thursday afternoon at
3 O'Clock with one Of the best pro-
erarnues SorrenEin0 can devise. the Sc
riHs VIII continue every afternoon az
and every night at $40 Tor Inrea
days The programmes nave not peen
announced. but each of the half dozen
performances viii be entirely dluerent
from the Others The band Is accust-
oned 10 playing weeks at a time IN one
astonishing number OF selections Sof-
rentfuo Is now at work upon the pro
grammes. He has been asked TO con
centrate some OF the bands best effects
in the concerts OF the first day
one feature OF the Banda Rosa IS
the sOlOists- A soloisl in this band IS
heard from and given a place on the
progre rnUe not only when he marches
down 70 the front OF the platform and
gives his Speciality with oanu oo-lg1to
but also in the operate mum berS- II Is
SCREENINGS wont 10 inject into his pro-
grammeS a guodly number OF selections
and arrangements from both grand and
light opera In these mum berS the
parts designated for the human voices
are taken by the Instruments best
adapted to them The effect Is almost
that of singing. for the dominant idea
IN all the playing OF THIS band or sunny
Italy Is the singing. musical phrase
There is not more popular member
OF SCREENINGS orEanlza ton than
Stgnor Giovann1 Bottega. the star per-
former upon that strange solo llsLru-
ment. the trumpet Everywhere this
man has been regarded, next to S1r-
rentinO, as the star OF the organiza-
ton. That he is regarded as f1ndlv by
his fellows as by the public this from a
Minneapolis paper indicates.
There was al pleasant little incident
al Lake Harriet last night when Signor
Bert0ni. the second horn. who speaks
fairly good English stepped forward
and presented that popular musician
with q gold medal This souvenir was
inscribed on one side with the words
Banda Rosa TO G. Bottega.' and on
the other. Presented by the members Of
the Banda Rosa 10 Giovanni Bottega
Lake Harriet. 1s0L
The medal was a remembrance from
Signor Sorrentiuo and the members OF
the band to one OF the original mem
bers
Among the twenty solofsts. Sfgnorf
Febbo. trombone Baril0tti baritone
horn Aranzo. clarinet and Carrancia.
solo horn, have achieved a large meas
ure OF success Three others who are
not whit behind those named in Pop
ular esteem are Siguori A 1Iassa. clarf-
net sauna. bass clarinet and Cfofi.
nute- Massa was a classmate of Scr
renrino in the College Of St Peter
aiajella- He was engaged as assistant
conductor of the Banda Rosa in 1854
and has held that position ever since
C1ofh has been with the band since its
organic ton Before he came TO
America with the band four years ago
ne made a successful starring tour Of
the cities OF France and Italy He is a
graduate Of the Conservatory OF Music
az Naples. which institution also claims
~orren-ino as student Sauna re-
ceiFed his diploma from the ROYAL
academy Of St Cecilia. in Rome. Later
he went to South America where he
played IN the thaaters and orchestras
Tor twelve years On his return to
italy ne was engaged bv Sorrentfno
and mas been with him ever since.