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Chapter on Watertown
Bands/Orchestras
Imperial Band
Watertown Military Band
Watertown Municipal Band
Founded 1915
Watertown City Band
1906 Military Band
(Sitting l-r): A. Krueger, G.
Krueger, E. Vick, A. Zimmermann, W. Schmidt, Ed Reichert, F. Kopp, W. Simon, A.
Polzin, D. Ickmann, George Wencke.
Standing, l-r: F. Newbauer, J. O'Brien, A. Radtke,
P. Wackholtz, Mr. Herzog, Prof. Thacker, T. Sonmann, H. Borchardt, T. Grabow, A. Bayerlein.
1909 Imperial Band
05 28 Memorial Day participants WG
1910 Military Band
c.1910
Military Band, 1910
approx, also see Homecoming Dance, postcard
Military Hall, 1910
approx, also see Homecoming Dance, postcard
1911 Imperial Band AND Military Band
08 10 Military Band Plays at State Fair
H. S. Wheller, director of
the Military Band, has closed a contract with the special attraction committee
of the Wisconsin State Fair Association to have the Military Band play during
the state fair on Wednesday. This is quite
an honor for our Watertown band and speaks well for it as a musical
organization, and the boys have every reason to feel proud of having been
engaged to furnish the music on so important an occasion. WG
1914 Wheeler Made
Director
10 01 H.
S. Wheeler, director of the Watertown Military Band, has accepted a position as
musical director of St. John’s Military Academy at Delafield. He will have charge of the band, orchestra
and chorus. The new connection will not
be allowed to interfere with Mr. Wheeler’s many interests here, as he will go
back and forth each school day.
c.1914 Watertown Imperial Band
1915 WATERTOWN CITY BAND FORMED
The Watertown Municipal Band's
history dates back to 1915, when members of the Imperial Band decided to change
the name to the Watertown City Band and incorporate the same. On
Military Band Quarters
The Watertown City Band was
organized in the old brewery office on North First Street, but the quarters
were too small so they moved to East Madison Street, above the former Military Band quarters.
The band later remodeled the third floor of the former Farmers &
Citizens Bank for its rehearsals.
1921 Watertown City
Band
1959
07 21 Municipal
Band concert dedicated to the 105th Cavalry WDT
1964
06 04 ARNOLD LEHMANN named conductor of
Municipal Band
Prof.
Arnold O. Lehmann, director of music at Northwestern
College, has been named conductor of the Watertown Municipal Band and will
make his first public appearance in his new capacity at Thursday night’s
opening concert of the summer series at Riverside Park. Announcement of Prof. Lehmann’s acceptance of
the offer to conduct the band was made today.
He succeeds Gerald Stich of Waterloo who resigned because he will be
attending a summer school. Since coming
to Watertown to take over his duties at Northwestern College, Prof. Lehmann has
developed an outstanding musical activities program and has presented, as part
of his duties, numerous college concerts, many of them for the public. WDT
1965
01 02 ROLAND
HARDER ELECTED PRESIDENT
Roland Harder has
been elected president of the Watertown Municipal Band. The election was held at the Legion Green
Bowl at a dinner meeting following a concert which the band presented at
Bethesda Lutheran Home on New Year's Day.
The concert was made possible through the Music Performance Fund. Other officers elected are: Vice president, Wayne A. Saniter;
secretary, Bonnie Rupnow; treasurer, Ray Fredrich; manager, Arthur Rupnow;
trustees, Lorenz Wesemann (three years). Ben Pieper
(replaces Arthur Rupnow who resigned to run
Cross References:
Benny
Maass, secretary of the Watertown City Band
File on Bands
History of Watertown,
Wisconsin