Promenade Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Pier 28

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)

04 May 1869, 5:00 PM
06 May 1869, 5:00 PM
08 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

2)
Composer(s): Dodworth
3)
aka Sleep well, sweet angel; Sleep well, dear angel
Composer(s): Abt
4)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Composer(s): Gung'l
6)
Composer(s): Weingarten
8)
Composer(s): Parlow
9)
aka Columbanos
Composer(s): Parlow

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 May 1869, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 May 1869, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 May 1869, 12.