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NORSE-AMERICAN CENTENNIAL TOUR
Luther College Concert Band
LUTHER COLLEGE, DECORAH, IOWA
GEORGE HENRIKSEN, Manager
CARLO A. SPERATI, Director
Twenty-first Tour
SOLI DEO GLORIA
Forty-seventh Season
Taken in Front of the Koren Library, April, /925
NOTED BAND MAKES FIFTH PACIFIC COAST TOUI
Luther College Concert Band Once More
Crosses Continent on Extensive
Concert Tour
Although the Luther College Concert Band has been touring every
season for many years it has been
four years since the band toured
the Pacific Coast. After debating
for considerable length of time as
to whether or not the Band should
go East or West the Management
finally decided the logical place was
the Pacific Coast.
The tour this year commences
with a three day engagement at the
Norse American Centennial at Minneapolis, June 7, 8, 9. From there
the Band goes west on the Northern
Pacific returning via the Great
Northern.
The entire trip will
occupy approximately two months.
Such cities as Fargo, Grand Forks,
Minot, Bismarck (N. D.), Miles
City, Billings, Livingston, Helena,
Missoula (Mont.), Spokane, Seattle,
Tacoma, Everett (Wash.), and Portland, Oregon, will be visited.
For forty-seven years, the Luther
College Concert Band has endeavored
to render the best of music and at
all times has worked with the ex. press purpose in mind of inculcating
and strengthening appreciation of
music, and after forty-seven years,
the Band rests assured that its
purpose has not been in vain, and
that music lovers all over the world
are highly appreciative for what the
Luther College Band has accom
plished.
In 1878, a Band was organized
with many misgivings as to its sue
cess. This was the beginning of the
now renowned Luther College Con
cert Band. In 1907 the Second Band,
an organization preparatory to the
Concert Band, was organized. When
the two bands are joined together
they are called the Luther College
Greater Band. This Greater Band
made its first public appearance on
the streets of Decorah Memorial
Day, May 30, 1912, with 110 members.
Today the Luther College Concert
Band drawing its members by a
process of elimination from the
Luther College Greater Band con
sisting of 130 members stands as one
of the best organizations of its kind
in the country.
Critics in the United States and
in Europe have repeatedly acknowledged that the Luther College Con
cert Band is at the top with the
greatest bands in this country.
Members of the Band receive at
Luther College an intensive training I
in music, lasting from one to eight
years and Director Sperati states
that the Band is becoming more
perfect every year in spite of
the fact that the Band completely
changes personnel every eight years.
LUTHER COLLEGE QUARTET
ATTRACTS ATTENTION!
The Luther College Quartet, which
accompanies the Luther College
Concert Band on its trip this summer, is an organization which won
many merits for itself on its tour
last summer. This tour extended
throughout the entire summer, 91
concerts being given in all. Every
where it went it was received with
the greatest enthusiasm, and the
praise of music critics was of the
finest.
The quartet consists of four of
the Luther College students, three
of whom are members of the Luther
College Concert Band, and all of
them soloists of no mean abilit,
That they wi11 furnish an interest
ing part of the program is a fore
gone conclusion.
---BASS SECTION THE BEST FOli
MANY YEARS.
The bass section of the Luthe1
College Concert Band is the best
that it has been since the organiza•
tion of the band. Special mention
should be made of Harry Gregerson,
tuba soloist, who is able to perform
on the tuba in an exceptional
manner. In respect to techniqt1e
and tone, it is difficult to find hi:s
equal. He gives several solo nu111bers with band accompaniment.
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Luther College Quartet
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LUTHER COLLEGE CONCERT BAND - NORSE-AMERICAN CENTENNIAL TOUR - 192j
APPRECIATION OF MUSIC the best makes of instruments and
INHERITED?
a most extensive musical library.
s appreciation of music inherited? In 1911 Prof. Sperati was honored
? are forced to believe so when by the Norwegian Student Singers
consider the ancestors of Prof. of the University of Christiania
rlo A. Sperati and the life of when they presented him with their
)f. Sperati himself. For Prof. Order of Knighthood. During the
?rati is a descendant of a long festivities in connection with cele
! of musicians. His father was brating the one hundredth anni
h bandmaster and organist and versary of Norway's Independence,
sical director of the opera. Spe when Prof. Sperati visited Norway
i was born in the year 1860 in with the Luther College Concert
ristiania, Norway. His father was Band, he was again honored by this
Italian and his mother a Dane. body and received their rank of
Commander.
;perati's musical training was re
Director Sperati is proud to have
ved in his father's orchestra two
boys in the Luther College
ere he played violin. He also
Band
at the present time. Vittorio
:ame proficient in the playing of
is an accomplished xylo
Sperati
snare drum and the piano. As
beside� having played_ flute,
>oy of six he appeared as drum phonist,
)ist before the royal families of saxophone, ?ant �ne and !uba 111 the
rway, Sweden and Denmark. He baf!d a_ t various times. S1gvald Spe5 often seen filling his father's rat1 1s unsurpassed on the snar:e
ce as organist in one of the drum and often doub�es for his
I brother on th_ e _tympam and bells.
irches in Christiania.
An appreciation of harmony,
rhythm, and musical beauty makes
the Sperati family a fitting testi
'11onial to the fact that musical
;ippreciation is certainly inherited.
MUSICAL EDUCATION IS A
REQUISITE OF A LIBERAL
EDUCATION.
Luther College of Decorah, Iowa,
I is an institution which believes that
an education is not complete without a musical training. For that
reason it promotes music in the
form of orchestras, glee clubs, and
band. The outstanding organization
is the Luther College Concert Band.
The Luther College Band is not
organization of brief standing or
short origin. It is composed of
young men who have been attending college and academy from one
to eight years. Luther College boasts
, of three bands: A beginners', a
second, and a concert band. Compe
tition for places in all three bands
is keen, and by a process of elimina1 tion the most expert players are
secured for the Concert Band.
The number of those taking part
in band work at Luther College
averages around 130. When the
Luther College Band decides to go
on a tour, the number is cut to
Carlo A. Sperati, Director
about fifty. The students, knowing
this, put forth their best efforts to
Later in life he became a sailor "make" the Concert Band. They
wd in 1884 emigrated to America. practice day and night and during
He decided to enter the ministry all their spare time to "make the
and therefore came to Luther Col grade." Of course, some are bound
lege from which institution he was to be disappointed, but, as in
graduated in 1888. In 1891 he had athletics, they have the hope of
completed his course at Luther getting into the band the succeeding
Seminary, then in Robbinsdale, year.
Minn.
The same year he took
That this training is valuable is
charge of a call in Bellingham, a foregone conclusion. Music is one
Wash. He remained in the ministry of the finer arts and an. appreciation
till 1905, the last ten years serving of it through training on some par
a congregation in Tacoma, Wash. ticular instrument gives one a satis
While in Tacoma he also taught at faction that cannot be duplicated in
the Pacific Lutheran Academy in any other way. The graduates of
Parkland. Wash. He served as Luther College also make use of
Director in Chief of the United this training after leaving college by
Norwegian Singers of the Pacific directing various musical organiza
Coast from the organization of that tions, some of them attaining to
body in 1903 to 1916. He has also great prominence in the musical
been director of several singing so world.
cieties in different cities in this
Prof. Sperati, director of the
country.
Luther College Band, puts it aptly
He was called to his Alma Mater when he says: "No student is fully
to the position of Professor of equipped for his life's work with
M usic. Since he became director of out a kno,vledge and appreciation
the Luther College Band, that or- of music, and my work in life lies
ganization has made great progress in giving such training to the
and has become known far and wide. greatest number of those graduating
During his regime the band has 1 from our Alma Mater, Luther Col
collected a yery valuable stock of, lege, at Decorah, Iowa."
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EUROPEAN TRIP A GENUINE boys a trip through Sweden, Den
SUCCESS.
mark, Germany, Belgium, France
In 1814 Norway declared her in and England in returning to the
dependence of Denmark, and the United States. Stops were made in
great exhibition of 1914 was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Berlin, Wit
commemoration of the 100th anni tenberg, Eisenach and Cologne, Ger
versary of that event. Upon special many, a short stop in Liege, Bel
invitation from the King of Norway gium, Paris in France, and London
the Luther College Concert Band in England. The return to New
made preparations to be present at York was made on the S.S. St.
the celebrations. The band consisted Louis of the American Line. While
of sixty pieces and the Director, the ship was still at sea, a wireless
Prof. Carlo A. Sperati. To trans was received telling of Austria's
The band
port a party of sixty-five people ultimatum to Serbia.
approximately 15,000 miles with a landed on July 23rd, and proceeded
the
same
day
to
Boston,
Mass.,
stop almost every day is a great
undertaking. But to organize and where a concert was given in J or
drill an amateur concert band of dan Hall. Places of interest in the
college students to the point where East, such as Lexington, Concord,
they were able to play the best Harvard University, and Niagara
music in a professional way, a band Falls were visited. The rest of the
which was compared by musical tour was spent largely in Wisconsin,
critics with the best professional Minnesota and Iowa. On August
bands of the country, that was an 20th the last concert was given in
even greater work, and redounds Decorah.
entirely to the credit of the Director,
On this tour the Luther College
Concert Band played 127 concerts
Prof. Carlo A. Sperati.
The Luther College Concert Band in 117 days. It travelled over 15.000
began its European tour from De miles, visited ten different countries
corah, Iowa, on April 25, 1914. The under eight different flags. It is
first stop was St. Paul, Minn., where estimated over 100,000 people paid
the band was met by a troupe of admission to concerts. In Nor-way
mounted police and escorted to the the largest audience numbered ahQut
rooms of the Commercial Club for 10,000, the concert at St. Hans Hau
dinner. At the concert in the gen in Christiania, and in the United
auditorium Gov. Eberhardt spoke States about 32,000, in Mitchell Park
highly of the band, and asked it to in Milwaukee.
bring to Norway the greetings of
the state of Minnesota. From St.
LUTHER COLLEGE BAND
Paul the route lay eastward through
WORLD FAMOUS OR
the cities La Crosse and Stoughton,
GANIZATION.
Wis., Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh,
\/\Tashington, D C., and Philadelphia
The Luther College Concert Band
to New York. Concerts were given is a world famous organization,
along the route,_and cy_erywhere tbc I having toured _Europ_e_ and having
band was hailed with delight.
rlayed in most of our United States.
On May 5th the party boarded The Northwest and the_ �fort!� Paci
the S. S. Kristianiafjord, one of the fie Coas� �tates were v1S1ted m 1906
great ocean liners that plied be- and agam 111 1911. In 1914, the band
tween New York and Bergen Nor- accepted an invitation to take part
_ n
way. Due to the unwonted 'traffic in the Centennial of Norway's I
the quarters were somewhat cramp- I dependence, and at the same time
Germany,
tour�d
Denmark,
Sweden,
ed, but comfortable, nevertheless.
Most of the boys experienced the, Belgmm, France a_nd England. 19!5
sensation of seasickness, but were saw the Lu�her College Band agam
soon on deck again, full of music on the Pacific Coast . at the req_u_est
and mischief. The trip across the �f the Pana_ma-Pac1fi� �xpos1t1o_n
Atlantic was very pleasant and on 111 San Francisco. A Sixtieth An111May 14th the landing was made at versary of_ Luther College, Decorah,
Bergen. The trip to Christiania was I Iowa, w�1c�. the band represents,
made along what is probably the was the . 111c1tmg fC!rce for a t_our . to
most scenic railroad in the world , the Pacific Coast 111 1921, which 111the "Bergensbanen." It made � eluded a return trip through Canada.
powerful impression on the voung The years 1922, 1923, and 1924 have
students of Luther College ·to be also been seasons for the Luther
carried from sea level and spring- College Band.
time over the mountains and
During its forty-seven years of
through an eternal winter down to existence the Luther College Band
sea level again, all in the space of has traveled approximately 55,006
a day.
miles and given about 450 concerts
A week was spent in the Nor- outside of those given within the
wegian capital. The scheduled num- I near vicinity of Decorah, its home.
ber of concerts would not satisfy I Six renowned capitals of the world
the people; extra concerts had to have been visited: Washington,
be arranged. The same enthusiasm' Christiania, Copenhagen, Berlin,
met the band wherever it travelled Paris and London. Among the
in Norway. It was not infrequent larger cities of America the band
that people in the audiences were has visited Boston., Brooklyn, Cleve
moved to tears by the music, and' !and, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minne
with the next number they might be apolis, San Francisco and Seattle.
brought to laughter. The band gave I This extensive traveling has cre
CO?certs ,:ilong . the most important ated a name for the Luther College
railway Imes 111 Norway,. and . on Band which precedes it wherever it
June 1st ?oar?ed ,!he b_ eaut1ful httle I goes. Music critics on both conti
steamer , AafJord which had been nents have recognized the Band to
chartered for a three week�' trip, be one of the greatest organizations
along the coast from Trondhiem to of its kind. The clean enthusiastic
In this vessel the and invigorating musi� which the
Christiania.
trouI?e nose? _in and out the wonder- 'young men of Luther College pro
ful fJords givmg concerts every day. duce has certainly made the Luther
The concerts in Norway were so College Band a world famous or
profitable in a pecuniary way that ganization in the strictest sense of
the management decided to give the the word.
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ITINERARY.
Orcorah - Tuesd ay, Ju ne 2.
Minneapol is - Satur day, Ju n e 6.
Little Falls - Wedn esday, J u ne 10.
8taples :.._ 'l'bu rsday. June 11.
Detroit - Friday, June 12.
Vall e y C ity - S aturd ay. June 13.
Jamestown - Sunday, J u ne 14.
Bl s mal'<'k - �ronday, June 15.
Dickinson - Tuesd ay, J u ne 16.
G l e nd ive - We d nesd ay, J une 17.
M iles City - Th u rsday, J une 18.
Rillings - Frida y, ,T une 19.
Big Timber - Satu rday. June 20.
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Spokane - Wed nesday, June 24.
Pasco - Thursday, June 25.
Yakima - Frid ay, Jun e 26.
Bremerton - Saturday, .J une 27.
Sea ttl e - Sun day, June 28.
T acoma - Mond ay, June 29.
Portlan d - T uesd ay. Jun e 30.
Sil verton - Wed nesday, J u ly 1 .
Euge ne - Thurs day, J u ly 2.
Stanwood - Sun d ay, Jnly 5.
Mt. Vernon - Monday, J u ly 6.
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Willi s ton - Sat urd ay, J u ly 18.
Arn e gar d - Sund ay, Ju ly 19.
Stanl ey - Monday, J uly 20.
Minot - Tu e sday, July 21.
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Stump Lake - Monday, J ul y 27.
Grand Forks - Tuesd ay, July 28.
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Albert Lea - Friday, Augus t 7.
Decorah - Saturday, Augu s t 8.
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Officers of Luther College
Musical Union.
Carlo A. Speratl. '88. Dir ector.
Caspe r B. Nerv ig, '25, President.
Har ry Gregerson, '26, Vic e -Pres i d ent.
Sigurd J. Fardal, '26, Rec. Se c.
Ingeb re t 0. Bren ds e l, '27, Cor. Sec.
P. Gerh ard Ho el, '26. Treas.
Kelmer N. Roe, '25, Pr es. Concert Band.
Oscar A. Jord ahl, '25, Pr es . Orchest ra.
Willie O. Rlnd ah l, '25, Pres. Glee Club.
Luther· College Concert Band 1925.
PERSONNEL.
A Kingsley Elttre lm, '27 . . . . Firs t Flu te
Decora h. Iowa.
Olive r C. Ferguson. '27 . . . . . First Flute
Elbow Lake, Minn.
'l'ol's tei n 0. Kvamme, '27 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . S econ d Flute and Piccolo
Ossian, Iowa.
l'anl B. .Jacobson, '22 . . . . . . Eb Clarinet
Decorah. Iowa.
Ke lmer N. Roe . '25 . . . . . . . Solo Cl ar in et
Canto n , S. Oak.
Tuko T. Tve t en. '24 . . . . . . Solo Clarin et
De troit. Minn.
H a rold B. R estul, '25 . , . . . Solo Clarinet
Ettrick, Wis.
Casper B. Nervig, '25 . . . . . �olo Clarinet
Minneapolis. Minn.
Alf W. Jorgenson, '27 . . . . . 1-'irst Clarinet
Decorah. Iowa.
Roger Stoskopf, '25 . . . . . . First Cl arinet
Decorah. Iowa.
I rvin W. Lane, '25 . . . . . . . First Cl arinet
Sta n wood, Wasb.
EL'l ing J. Ord a l, '27 . . . . . Second Clarinet
River Falls, Wis.
Jo s ep h G. Westby, ' 28 . . . Second Clarinet
Peterson. �Jinn.
Kenneth L. Norlie. '27 . . Second Clarin e t
Decorah, Iowa.
Martin A. Elvebak, '26 . . . Third Clarin e t
Kiester, Minn.
L. Russel Berg. '27 . . . . . . Third Cl arin et
Blair, Wis.
Artbur W. Sorenson, '28 . . . .\Ito Clarinet
Sh evlin. Minn.
P. Gerhar d Hoel, '26 . . . . . . Ba s s Clarinet
Minneapolis. Minn.
Eric R a vndnl, '25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oboe
c/o Am. Consul G eaeral,
Consta ntinople, Tu rkey.
Gn d mund ·r. Nors wlng, '27 . . . . . Bassoon
Dennison, Minn.
Malcolm A. El s tad. '28 . . A lto Saxophone
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J e 1Ir�y'1�l1c��s�;, ;25 . . Te n or Saxophone
Roland , Iow a.
Irvin A. Su by, '26 . . . Baritone S axophone
Fores t C'it,v, Iow a.
Oscar A. Jordahl, '25 . . . . . . . Solo Cornet
Fertile, Minn.
George O. Westby, '26 . . . . . . Solo Co rn et
Pete rson, Minn.
Thor Arne v lk, '25 . . : . . . . . . . Solo Co rne t
Leland, Iowa.
Arthur C. Hu sPlid. '26 . . . . . Firs t Cornet
Ortom·llle, Minn.
Julius W. Opheim, '25 . . . . . First Cornet
T hor, Iowa.
Aug ust .T . Welln e r, '26 . . . . Second Cornet
Westbrook, Minn.
Wilbur L. Elttre im, '30 . . . Fi rst Trumpet
Decorab, I owa .
Lester H. Wold u m, '28 , . Secon d Trumpe t
Decorah, Iowa.
Mau rice S. Dahl, '26 . . . . . . . . Firs t Horn
Albert Lea, Minn.
Rol and O. Akre, '26 . . . . . . . . . First Horn
Hinsdale, Mont.
Carl E. Lucky, '26 . . . . . . . . Second Horn
Parkland, Was h .
Orrin •r. Torrison, '28 . . . . . . Third Horn
h a
Knut� }E_ fi1f!�, '28 . . . . . . Fo u rth Horn
Willmar, Minn.
Martin T. Jen s on, '25 . . . Fir s t Trombone
Cranfills Gap, •r exas.
Norman D u ck s tad, '26 . . . Fir s t Trombone
Abne� �t 1Je���fckson, '26 . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secon d Trombone
Wa terville , Iow a.
Oluf T. Olson, '26 . . . . . . . B ass Trombone
Dahlen. N. Dak.
Jame
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u'.24 • • • • Firs t Bari tone
:e :rs:n� �!n
Sigu rd J. Farda l, '26 . . . Second Bari tone
Stanbope, Iowa .
H a rry G reger son. '26 . . . . . . . . . . Eb T u ba
Harmony, Minn.
Walter W. Ko rsrud, '26 . . . . . . . . Eb T uba
Decorah, Iowa.
Ingebret O. Bren dsel, '27 . . . . . . Eb Tuba
Bal tic, S. Dak.
Olaf M . Jordahl,
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'25 . . . . BBb Sous a phone
Fe rtile, Minn.
C. Vittorio Spe r ati, '25 . . . . . . Xylophone,
Bas s Saxophone, Cathedral Chime s,
Tympani and T raps
De cor ah, Iow a .
Sigvald R. Sperati, '29 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . Sn are Drum and T raps
De cor ah, Iowa.
Oliver C. San d, '27 . . . . . . . . Snare Drum
Ossian, Iowa.
Herman L. Lars e;aard , '25 . . . Bass Drum
U'e rgus Falls, Minn.
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Tenors.
REPERTOI RE.
OVERTURES.
Balfe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sie ge of Roch e lle
Gomez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II G u arany
Len tner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fe s t O vert ur e
Mendelss ohn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R uy Blas
Rossini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barber of Sev ille
Sch ubert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosamu nde
Ts ch aikows ky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1812"
SUITES.
Grieg . . . Aase's De ath, from Peer Gynt
Suite No. 1
Grieg . . . Pe e r Gyn t S u i te No. 2
( a ) Abdu ct ion of the Brid e
( Ingrid's Lament)
( b l Arabian Dance
(c) P ee r Gynt's Home Coming
( Stormy Ev ening on th e
Coas t )
( d ) Sol velg' s Song
Tscbaikowsky . . Th e Nutcr acke r S u ite
1 . Overture Minia ture
2. M arch
8. Valse des Fleu rs
Of'ERA'rIC SELECTIONS.
Flotow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha
Verdi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II Trovatore
MISCELLANEOUS.
Be etho ven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . And ante from Fifth Symp h on y
Bocca l a ri . . . . . . . . . . Pa trol of the Scou ts
Catozzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Varic
Tuba Solo by Harry G regerson.
Grieg . . Norwegian D ances No. II an d I I I
Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedd ing of th e Wind s
Concer t Waltz
Joba n H alvorsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . Bojarern es I nd togsma rsch
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tfizt�� �ff,:e·a·ms 0£ ti�:. ���t�1�iie m
Liszt . . . . . . Second Hungarian Rhapsody
:lfarquina . . . De G u ardi a. Concert M a rch
Rubins tein . . Reve Angeliq u e. ( KamennoiOstrow)
Scbj0lberg . . Ga mmel norsk .Tregermars<'h
Sv e nd s e n . . . . . . . . . . . . Coron ation March
Tsch alkowsky . . . . . . . . . . . . March e Slave
W agner . . . . . . Introduction to the 3d Act.
of Lohengrin
VITTORI O SPERATI COM
PLETES COLLEGE CAREEll
This year marks the graduat
from Luther College of C. Vittc
Sperati, who for fifteen years :
been playing with the Luther C
lege Concert Band. Vittorio is
son of the director and inherits
his ability as a musician. At
age of nine he was an ex�
drummer.
Shortly after this
played flute in the band. In 1
he played the nabimba on
European tour, and when the X)
phones and chimes were purcha
he immediately showed his musi
ability by performing to perfect
on these instruments.
Vittc
handles the baton in a very effici
manner in the absence of his fatt
The band loses a very capable n
in Vittorio Sperati, but we kn
that he has a great future ahead
him in the musical world.
0
DESCRIPTIVE:.
Middleton . . . . . . . . . B v the Swan ee River
(A Coon's d t·eam of the pa s t)
Voelker . . . . . A Hunt in th e B lacl, Forest
SACRED.
Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tbe Holy City
Grieg . . Bebold a Host A rrayed i n White
Hand el . . . . . . . . . H al le luJ a b Chorus from
Basses.
"The Messiah"
Hande l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L argo
To rs teln O. Kv amm e , '27.
Lindeman . . Built on the Rock tbe Church Director Sperati and Vittorio Sperat
Herman L. L arsgaa rd, '25.
Dotb Stan d
(A rr. by G u nn a r J. Mal m i n )
CARLO A. SPERATI, '88, Director.
:VIozart . . . . . . . . . Gloria from 1 2th Mass
Wagne,· . . . . . . . . . Prayer from Loh e ngrin
MRS. CARLO A. SPERATI, M atron.
Wagner . . . . . . Procession of the Knights TEN STATES AND ONE FOR
Dccornh, Iowa.
EIGN COUNTRY REPRESENTED
Frnm Par s ifal
GEORGE C. HENRIKSEN, '24, Manager. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayside Chapel
BY THE LUTHER COLLEGE
Silve rton, Oregon.
CONCERT BAND.
SACRED MARCHES WITH CATHE
DRAL CHIMES.
Ten states and one foreign
Carte,· • • • �-�atiii
n
r
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n /o��:�t r hris Ua� country are represented by the
Luther College Concert Band of
Sold ier)
Seltzer . . . . Pe ace Ollimes. ( I n tro d ucing Decorah, Iowa. There are seventeen
Old Hundred)
boys from the state of Iowa, twentyXY LOPHONE SOLOS BY C. VITTORIO four from Minnesota, two from
SPEJRATI.
South Dakota, three from Wis.\ I Hayes . . Bes t Loved So u thern Melodies consin , two from Washington, one
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m Montana, one from Illinois,
ir'red K.'. . . . i>"a'z��!� '½- r��e:;�J�
,fax Yon L enz . . In t he Viking's Domain one from Texas, two from North
( Fantasia on Nors e Melod i es ) Dakota and one from Oregon.
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presence of an American, born in
Melodies
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The student body of Luther ColSaxophone Section
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HoneSt Injun lege naturally is drawn from a
To the abov e ls added a large selection larger territory even than is the
�J mm �'if h,is� ihoral s , and u ation al ai rs band. Norway, South Africa, Den
o
d .
In a music store one day, a sales
THE REPERTOIRE for tbe Luther mar k , besides many other st ates
man was explaining to a lady the College Quartet consists of a c a re ful than those mentioned above are
construction of the piano keys. Said sel ection of s acred and secul ar songs.
listed as the home of Luther Colhe, "Lady, every year 5,000 elephants
lege students.
go to make up piano keys." "Isn't
" M usic for Everybody - Every
When we look for a reason we
it wonderful," she exclaimed, "that
body for Music."
find that for a great part it lies in
animals could be trained to do such
"Where words leave off, Music the popularity of the Luther College
things."
begins." (Heine.)
Concert Band. Prospective students
" Show me the home wherein hear the band and hear of it and at
The ancient Greeks had a proverb music dwells, and I shall show you once resolve to do all in their power
which has been thus rendered :
a happy, peaceful and contented to become a member. Sometimes
"To flute-players nature gave brains, home." (Longfellow.)
this takes six or seven years, and
no doubt,
"What a divine calling is music ! sometimes a man becomes a mem
But alas, 'tis in vain, for they soon It is truly a blessed gift of God." ber during his first school year, all
• �- -��----POJ�.. o.d U:,u�-r.
blow them out." _______ a,f endelss hn )
Irvin A. Suby, '26.
Simon I. Sanderson, '30.
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�LUTHER COLLEGE CONCERT BAN D - N ORSE-Al\I ERICAN CENTENNIAL TOU R - 1925
Concert Band should be engaged for
their Fair the foJJowing summer.
.s an evidence of the high place Their report was favorable.
the musical world held by the After a two week's engagement
her College Concert Band, can at the Exposition the band departed
mentioned among many other for the South, giving concerts at the
1gs the fact that this band was Trinity Auditorium, Los Angeles,
only college and non-profes- and the Potter Theatre, Santa Bar
ia! band engaged by the Panama- bara. After a two days' engage
:ific International Exposition for ment at the Oaks in Portland, Ore
ir Fair in San Francisco in 1915. gon, the band left for Puget Sound
Vhen this band gave its farewell Cities.
Headquarters were es
cert in Brooklyn, May 4, 1914, tablished in Tacoma. Trips were
route to Norway, they enter- made north to Bellingham, Fir, Stan1ed as part of their large audience wood, Arlington, and Everett. Con
the Acadamy of Music a com- certs were also given in Tacoma,
tee sent from the management Parkland, and Seattle. Boarding the
the Musical Department of the Northern Pacific on July 3rd, stops
1ama-Pacific International Expo- were made at North Yakima, Glen
on, whose sole purpose was to [ <live, Jamestown, Valley City, May
en to the program and report ville, Grand Forks, Crookston, St.
ether or not the Luther College Cloud, Minneapolis and Decorah.
>N E OF MANY SUCCESSFUL TOURS.
LUTHER COLLEGE BAND HAS are not musicians by profession.
They receive no financial remunera
TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY.
quote from the La Crosse
Musical activities have always tion. To: "These
upstanding, hearty,
held a secure and prominent position Tribune
young
fellows,
with their patent
at Luther College. All the musical eagerness to catch
the interpreta
forces at Luther College are com tions of their talented
leader, their
bined under the head of the M usical boyish audacity and gay confidence,
Union, with Prof. Carlo A. Sperati have something that most bands
as chief advisory director. Chief cannot have, because it can't be
among the musical organizations is hired. It is YOUTH SET TO
the Luther College Concert Band of MUSIC."
sixty pieces with Director Sperati at
its head. During his regime the
band has become famous through
out all the United States and
Europe, having made eighteen tours. j
The Northwest and the North
Pacific Coast States were visited in
1906 and again in 191 1. In 1914.
when Norway celebrated the One
Hundredth Anniversary of her In
dependence, the band accepted an
invitation to tour that• country. One
hundred and twenty-seven concerts
were given on this very successful
tour in which the band visited six
renowned capitals of the world,
Washington, Christiania, Copen
hagen, Berlin, Paris and London.
Concerts were given in several
larger cities of the country, M inne
apolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chi
cago, Cleveland, Brooklyn, and
Boston. In 1915 the Band played
an engagement at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition
I being the only college band in the
United States hired by the Expo�;.
I tion. A return concert tour was
made through California, Oregon,
Washington and the Northwest
States. The Sixtieth Anniversary
tour took place in 1921 , and was
to commemorate the founding of
B!!.nd at Palac.e of Fine Arts, San Francisco Exposition 1915
The long and the short of itLuther ColJege. Concerts were given
"No," said the honest man, "I was "Music is a beautiful and glorious in the Middle West, Pacific Coast
ver strong in literature. To save gift of God, the refl ection of the and Northwest. During 1922 and
ny life I could not tell you who heavenly harmonies in which His 1923 concerts were given in Minne "Music is the language of the
vrote 'Gray's Elegy.' " (Tid-Bits.) angels and all the celestial host ever sota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
soul ; jazz is its profanity."
praise and glorify their Creator." All these tours have been very
(Mich.
Praetorius.)
successful
as
is
evidenced
by
the
If you lie BACH and are LISZT
"Music is irresistible ; its charities
comments given by the press.
are countless, it stirs the feelings of
ess, you will never be able to
:::HOP-in and HANDEL anything 'M usic lightens our burdens and The Band is composed entirely of love, peace and friendship as scarce
college students. These young men any mortal agent can." (Thackeray.)
lifts us to noble deeds."
worth while.
HITh ..ins. O(CORAH, ,,._
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<p><span>Correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, programs, clippings, pictures, pamphlets, and scrapbooks of an association incorporated in 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to supervise the observance of the arrival of the first group of Norwegian immigrants in America. The collection describes in detail the management of the celebration and gives data on observances in Chicago, Canada, Boston, and Brooklyn. Letters and essays reveal the loyalty of Norwegian Americans to their cultural heritage and the rivalry among area groups of Norwegians in America. The celebration was initiated by the bygdelags. The chief officials were Gisle Bothne, S. H. Holstad, J. A. Holvik, Elisa P. Farseth, and Mrs. Wm. O. Storlie. Correspondents include Juul Dieserud, Knut Gjerset, Hanna Astrup Larsen, and O. M. Norlie. The centennial received nationwide press coverage.</span></p>
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