Promenade Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Pier 28

Manager / Director:
James, Jr. Fisk

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Band

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 April 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 May 1869, 5:00 PM
26 May 1869, 5:00 PM
27 May 1869, 5:00 PM
28 May 1869, 5:00 PM
29 May 1869, 5:00 PM

Program Details

The band plays a selection of popular music for the passengers of the steamers Bristol and Providence at the pier and on their journey from the harbor to the Long Island Sound. (Both boats ran daily routes to Boston.)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Dodworth Band

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 May 1869, 9.

“Dodworth’s celebrated Orchestra, including brass, string and reed bands, will be attached to each steamer on its passage. GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT every evening.”

2)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 25 May 1869.
3)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 26 May 1869.
4)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 28 May 1869.
5)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 29 May 1869.