Empire City Rink Grand Musical Palace

Event Information

Venue(s):
Empire Skating Rink

Manager / Director:
Lafayette F. Harrison

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Price: $.25; free for children under 12

Event Type:
Band

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 August 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 May 1869
15 May 1869

Program Details

The building opened at 9am and in the course of the day/evening there was a series of concerts featuring full orchestra, military bands, and "an immense chorus." Precise performance times not provided in the citations.

Music in Gotham assumes the participation of Dodworth's Band for two reasons: 1. Dodworth is conducting; 2. his band is advertised as playing throughout the following week (and beyond) at this venue.

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 May 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 May 1869, 9.

Notes that the theater can accommodate up to 10,000 people.