The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-20
NIGHT OF SOCIETY
Spring Musical Festival Will Be
Scene of Brilliancy.
Names of Patrons and Pa
trOnesses Out Today.

One of the most brilliant scenes ever
presented in Topeka will be the open
ing at the auditorium Monday night of
the Spring Musical Festival.
All the boxes, numbering SO, have
been sold, and as each of these boxes
will be artistically decorated with
flowers and still further decorated by
the presence therein of the very elite
of Topeka society, her beauty and her
chivalry" in evening dress, and with
each fair lady carrying an individual
bouquet, as of course she will, one can
contemplate the scene of loneliness
and inspiration that will greet the eyes
of those who attend the festival
The rapid manner in which all the
boxes were taken a full week before
the opening performance indicates the
tremendous interest being taken by the
people of Topeka in the festival and
shows that they are heartily behind
the Musical Art society in it's efforts
to promote the growth and develop
ment of a real musical culture in our
city by the production of high class
musical entertainments that are worth
while. 1t gives assurance that the
Spring Festival will be largely attend
ed at each of the three performances,
and gives additional confidence in the
security and permanency of the Musi-
cal Art society.
The people of Topeka. as we'll as of
all this section of Kansas should be
proud of the fact that there is an or
ganizat1On in this city that can and
does give them the opportunity of
nearing such a great organization as
the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra
and it's famous conductor, Oberhoffer.
Aside from its home city and Chicago,
New York and Boston, only few cit
ties in the country have been able to
secure this wonderful orchestra, and it
should therefore be a source of much
satisfaction that Topeka is able to
bring the orchestra here. Further
more, very few cities of Topeka's size
in the United States and not many of
the large ones, have undertaken as
heavy an offering as THE Manzoni
Requiem
The Spring Festival, as has been
announced, will begin next Monday
apolis orchestra, directed by Oberhof-
fer, it's conductor. Accompanying it
are the orchestra's star soloists, which
include Marie Sundelius; soprano;
Alma Beck, contralto; Albert Lind
quest, tenor, and Marion Green, bari
tone, all of whom will be heard.
Tuesday afternoon the orchestra
will give matinee concert, with the
same stars to be heard, and that night
THE ManZoni Requiem will be given
by the ESQ voices of the Topeka Mu-
steal Art society and the Minneapolis
orchestra with the orchestra's soloists
above named singing the leading parts
This will be the climax of the festival
est musical event ever undertaken in
this city. Horace Whitehouse, direc-
tor of the Musical Art society, will
conduct the performance. He has been
training and rehearsing the singers
for the past three months, and has
been able to bring them to a high
state of excellence.
1.-The Manzoni Requiem is one of
the worlds opera classics, written by
the Incompatible Verdi, author of
'Rigo1etto," I'll Trovatore," and sew
era1 other operas that will live for
ever. 1t is filled with the most beauti-
full numbers many of which are as