English Translation by Mabel Busdieker
(Graf is a German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English or count in France.)
The earliest piece of news about the existence of a Courtyard Band and the realization of Music Concerts at the Burgsteinfurt Courtyard were proved for the first time for the year 1750. In the following years the rapid development and upward trend of the Courtyard Band was put into action, only to be interrupted during the Seven Year's War, but was definitely shaped or characterized since 1765 as it slowly grew into Bagno. Equally supportive was the effect that the extraordinary musical interest of Graf Karl's and his Son Ludwig had. With the completion of the Concert Gallery in November 1774, it affected besides the cultural life far beyond the Duodez territory of the nobility outside at the SteinfurterBagno.
In 1775 there was at the Nobility's Courtyard distinguishment between Concert and Chamber Music. First found only on Sunday in the Concert Gallery (the Holy or Sacred Hall), a sample or taste on Wednesday and Saturday. The Chamber Music served as the entertainment at the "Tafel" (blackboard, slate, panel, or table) in Kiosk. Preferably, the Wind Players or Section should blow or play with flesh and accuracy-(perhaps meaning with all their might). Graf Karl, who played the flute, which was the favorite instrument of that time, also requested that his son regularly participate in the Concert taking place at Bagno. That Karl and his son far more than any occasionally participated in the Courtyard Music resulted in musical quality within reach, This sheds light upon the fact that they at the public concerts in the Concert Gallery performed as regular participating flute players. The high quality of the dedicated musicians prevented unqualified player members from joining. In 1805 the Courtyard Band , which at this time was flourishing and prospering, possessed 39 active members of which five belonged to "graflichen" Familie. Five of the 39 were members of Families of nobility. (Bergfeldt was one of the 39 names listed as members of the Nobility's Courtyard Band in 1805.)
The development of the Steinfurtish Nobleman's Courtyard Band mirrored or reflected the musical culture of smaller nobleman's or aristocratic courtyards in the last half of the 18 hundreds again. More than 95 appointment records between 1750 and 1806 give an exact picture of the qualitative, quantitative and genealogy great variety that was in musicians included in the Band. Italians, French, Bohemians, Austrian, and Germans with great technical skills in music--all built the nucleus of the Steinfurt Character School. It was not without influence on the Courtyard Bands of other Nobility Courtyards.