Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-05-06
Prof. Carlo. A. sperati and His Eek.
cellent Concert Band Completed
Successful American Tour
and Sailed for
Norway.
12O PEOPLE IN PARTY
SAILED TUESDAY MORNING
Band Will be I'm Norway in Time to
Participate in Opening Festivi-
ties of the Centennial of Her
Independence.

The Luther COllego concert banQ
sailed yesterday from New York on
their journey to Norway. Their
American concert tour was highly
successful, meeting with immense
crowds everywhere they appeared.
The New York City and Brooklyn
concerts were both very successful
and the band was given great ova-
tions.
The concert in Cleveland was also
a great success. While in that city
Prof. Sperati and wife were enter
tanned by'Mr. and Mrs. e. w. Hulet.
Mrs. Hulet will be remembered here
as Katherine Protheroe, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Protheroe. Mr..
Hulet is the superintendent of the
White Automobile Company of Cleve-
land. Prof. Sperati and wife were
taken all about the city and to the
many beautiful parks, and greatly
enjoyed their visit in Cleveland.
The concert in Chicago was very
successful and greatly enjoyed, as
will be noted by the following from
the Chicago Tribune.
On Wednesday night in Orchestra
hall band recruited from the stu
dents of Luther college, Decorah, Ia,
gave concert which attracted a
large audience from among the Nor
wegian congregations of the city.
Luther college is the oldest Norwe-
gian seat of learning in America. 1t
was founded in 1861. It's student
Cand is one OF its most cherished in
stitutions. and by special invitation
from the king these young musicians
now are on their way to Norway to
participate in the celebration OF the
centennial OF the nations indepen-
dence.
They are fine looking body of
youths, fair haired, red checked, tall
and lusty of lung. They played with
great enthusiasm, but with fine dis
cipline as well. In all that pertained
to rhythmical precision, to we'll pro-
portioned shading and phrasing, and
to decision of attack, these student
musicians may be said to practice a
solid and thoroughly respectable en-
semble.
Their program made Chicago con-
certgoers acquainted with an over
ture to Alfieri's SAUL" composed to
Antonio Bazzini. There followed
Grieg's Peer Gynt" suite. the Sec
ond Hungarian rhapsodie of Liszt
the procession of the knights from
"Parsifal," Saint-Saens' symphonic
poem, "Phaeton," waltz by Hall
and piece of descriptive music by
Lee Johnson entitled 1.-THE Death oa
Custer; or, The Battle Of Little Big
Horn"-the latter work also nov.
city.
The conductor of the band, Garlic
A. Sperati, is Norwegian despite the
Latin name. What is more to the
point, he is an admirable discipline
rian and an interpreter of musician
ly qualities. Under his direction also
there appeared the college chorus in
numbers by Dudley Buck, Kjerulf
and Selmer.
A Washington dispatch has the
following to say concerning the
bands visit to Washington:
THE party Of Norwegian -Ameri
cans. headed by the Decorah col.
{ lege band, which arrived here
this afternoon en- route to Nor
way. was given hearty reception
Representative Haughen, Senator
Nelson, Mike Eidsness and 9th
ers made things pleasant for them
A number of friends came here from
Virginia. The concert in front OF
the capitol this afternoon by the
Decorah college band was largely
attended and the musicians were
much praised for their programme
Fres'dent preus of Decorah college
was IN The party. The band will
give q concert in New York before
sailing"
thousands o. American visitors
are expected In Christiania durina
the summer to witness the celebra.
tion OF the centennial Of the indie.
pendence OF Norway from Denmark
The celebration will also commemor.
ate 100 years of peace on the Scan.
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