Dresskell's Band, organized in 1882, is one of the best amateur bands in the state, and for more than twenty years, literally plays a big part in the city's development... The present Municipal Band, organized June 28, 1907, has its beginning in Southeast Brainerd. The first leaders are William P. Bartsch and Dr. Frank Sykora. ...Music lessons are taught in Brainerd as early as 1873. Perhaps no persons, however, have done more for the musical training of the youth of the city than Mrs. W. A. M. Johnstone and William P. Bartsch. They possess a rare combination of musical talent, enthusiasm, and teaching personality. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 35)
Dresskell's Band, organized in 1882, is one of the best amateur bands in the state, and for more than twenty years, literally plays a big part in the city's development... The present Municipal Band, organized June 28, 1907, has its beginning in Southeast Brainerd. The first leaders are William P. Bartsch and Dr. Frank Sykora. ...Music lessons are taught in Brainerd as early as 1873. Perhaps no persons, however, have done more for the musical training of the youth of the city than Mrs. W. A. M. Johnstone and William P. Bartsch. They possess a rare combination of musical talent, enthusiasm, and teaching personality. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 35)
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