Promenade Band Concert
Event Information
Venue(s):
Pier 28
Proprietor / Lessee:
James, Jr. Fisk
Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth
Event Type:
Band
Performance Forces:
Instrumental
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
31 July 2019
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
03 May 1869, 5:00 PM05 May 1869, 5:00 PM
07 May 1869, 5:00 PM
Program Details
“Series of Grand Concerts for 1869, by Dodworth’s Brass, String and Reed Bands, will be given Every Evening on board the World Renowned Steamers Bristol and Providence, leaving No. 26 North river, foot of Murray street, Daily, at 5 P. M., for Boston, via Newport and Fall River. The Brass Band will play a selection of the most popular music for one hour before leaving the dock and on their passage from the stream to the Sound.” (Taken from New York Herald advertisements.)
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
“The management being determined that nothing be in the mode of transportation of first class passengers shall surpass this line on a scale of grandeur and magnificence, adds this most expensive attraction and novelty, the engagement of the first orchestra of the country—the Dodworths [sic]—which will be attached to each steamer on its passage.”