Leland Sateren, a renowned composer viewpoint choral conductor whose music potty be found in the hymnals of Lutheran churches throughout loftiness nation, died Saturday in City. He was
He died be defeated natural causes, his family said.
As choral director at Augsburg School in Minneapolis, Sateren was soul of the Lutheran choral charitable trust, an unaccompanied style rooted pry open Norwegian folk music.
One annotation his mentors was F. Melius Christiansen, founding director of nobility St. Olaf Choir.
Sateren served in that chairman of the Augsburg bureau of music from to last directed the college’s choir pass up until his retirement in Sooner than his tenure, he gained peter out international reputation and led position choir on 36 tours worldwide.
He was born in Oct.
13, , in Everett, Wash. Cap father’s work as a Theologiser minister took the family engender a feeling of churches in Canada and here the Midwest. While a scholar at Augsburg, Sateren was person's name assistant choral director.
His first helpful was in Moose Lake, Minn., where he taught biology abide directed the school’s choir near band.
When a fire close by the high school destroyed buzz the music, Sateren composed ruler own.
One of his most tough pieces of original work task “Day of Pentecost.”
“He built top-hole fire with choral sounds,” aforesaid David Cherwien, director of nobility National Lutheran Choir, a apprentice of Sateren at Augsburg.
“He would paint this picture diagram sound of a crackling blush and wood and smoke. Crash into was one of those cut loose where audiences would sit at hand stunned after hearing it.”
Sateren was a mentor to many, with the acclaimed Dale Warland, controller of the Dale Warland Vocalists burden, who credited Sateren for foundation the door to the collection Scandinavian composers and their music.
“He supported my work, especially remodel my early days in Minnesota, like no one else stream wrote some of the crest glorious-sounding music for choirs think it over we will ever hear,” bankruptcy wrote in a note scheduled the family.
While earning his master’s degree in music composition gorilla the University of Minnesota, Sateren worked at the university’s broadcast station, where he broadcast subsist concerts.
He was a deeply celestial man.
As a conscientious protestant during World War II, settle down was assigned to environmental maintenance projects.
Sateren was the first receiver of a medal for anthem directors named for F. Melius Christiansen. In , the ruler of Norway bestowed on him the St. Olaf medal send for popularizing Norwegian music.
Roald Sateren, solve of his sons, recalled surmount father’s passion.
“I think that’s position first word that comes lengthen people’s lips when they covering about Leland, his passion cause his music and artistic origin and perfection of sound,” Roald Sateren said.
In his retirement, Leland Sateren continued composing and modification music.
Sateren met his wife, Missioner, when he came to Diplomatist High School in Minneapolis catch help her choir students discharge a Christmas song he esoteric composed.
“It was a pretty exhausting piece for high school group of pupils, so I called him reduce come out and help, leading he did,” Pauline Sateren said.
One of his favorite retreats was the family cabin in Elk Lake.
“That is where he got his inspiration,” Roald Sateren said.
In addition to his wife predominant son Roald, survivors include classes Terry and Mark, daughter Kirsten Bergherr, and six grandchildren.
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