Carlo Alberto Sperati Explained

Carlo Alberto Sperati
Birth Date:December 29, 1860
Birth Place:Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
Death Place:Decorah, Iowa
Resting Place:Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa
Occupation:Composer, music professor
Father:Paolo Sperati
Relatives:Robert Sperati, Lulli Sperati

Carlo Alberto Sperati (December 29, 1860 – September 12, 1945) was a Norwegian-American composer and music professor.[1] [2] [3]

Sperati was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway,[4] [5] the son of the conductor Paolo Sperati.[6] He went to sea in 1877, and then enrolled in theological studies at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 1884.[6] He graduated in 1888.[4] [5] He married Emma Hoffoss in 1891 and became a priest in the Lutheran church that same year.[4] [5] He became a teacher in Tacoma, Washington in 1894, and he also worked at Pacific Lutheran University,[6] where, among other events, he conducted a band that played on Mount Rainier.[7]

Sperati is best known for his work at Luther College, where he was a professor of music from 1905 to 1943.[4] [5] He conducted the Luther College Concert Band on tours in Europe and the United States.[8]

Legacy

Sperati Point in North Dakota was named after Carlo Sperati in honor of a visit by the Luther College Band in 1927.[9] [10]

Luther College's Carlo A. Sperati Award is named after Sperati.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Strom . Camilla Sperati . Carlo A. Sperati, the Grand Old Maestro . 1988 . Luther College Press . Decorah, IA.
  2. Book: Andersen . Arlow William . The Norwegian-Americans . 1975 . Twayne Publishers . Boston . 145.
  3. Carlo A. Sperati . The American-Scandinavian Review . 1936 . 34 . 365.
  4. News: Dr. Sperati Dies . The Muscatine Journal . September 12, 1945 . Muscatine, IA . 1 . January 25, 2021 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Dr. C. A. Sperati Dies at Decorah in His 85th Year . The Courier . September 12, 1945 . Waterloo, IA . 17 . January 25, 2021 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Musical Festival at the Academy . Home Talk the Item . April 15, 1914 . Brooklyn, NY . 11 . January 24, 2021 . Newspapers.com.
  7. Web site: Band on Mount Rainier . January 24, 2021.
  8. Web site: Carlo A. Sperati Award . Luther College . January 24, 2021.
  9. Book: The WPA Guide to North Dakota: The Northern Prairie State . 1938 . Knight Printing Company . Fargo, ND . 331.
  10. Book: Nelson . David Theodore . Luther College, 1861–1961 . 1961 . Luther College Press . Decorah, IA . 190.