Carlo Alberto Sperati (December 29, 1860 – September 12, 1945) was a Norwegian-American composer and music professor.
[6] He went to sea in 1877, and then enrolled in theological studies at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 1884.
[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.
[4][5] He conducted the Luther College Concert Band on tours in Europe and the United States.