Historical evidence ·
Masopust Polka Band
The reviewed sources document Masopust Polka Band in Mustang area; later Yukon/Czech Hall association. The dates below describe the evidence available; they do not establish the band's complete lifespan.
- Community
- Mustang area; later Yukon/Czech Hall association
- Historical setting
- Oklahoma Territory; Oklahoma
- Ensemble
- family / Czech ethnic brass and polka band
- Earliest reviewed evidence
- circa 1890 or 1897 — conflicting retrospective organizational histories; before statehood
- Later reviewed evidence
- mid-1920s reorganization; 1927 personnel context
- People named in the sources
- Joseph Masopust; James, Joe, Frank and Lou Masopust; George Kralik; later Bessie Drabek Masopust (piano) and Glenn Masopust (trumpet)
What remains uncertain
Original Joseph Masopust family brass band; reorganized by Joe Masopust in the mid-1920s
High for identity, Oklahoma/Mustang-area residency, named founding personnel and brass-band type from two organizational histories; medium for pre-statehood existence; low-to-medium for exact founding year because 1890 and 1897 conflict; primary event evidence unresolved.
Sources and access
- Masopust Polka Band — Masopust Band history
- Oklahoma Czech Festival — History of Czech Hall Bands
- Yukon Czech Hall — About / Czech Hall history
- MetroFamily Magazine — Discover Yukon: Czech Hall
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