Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Mall

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Price: Free

Event Type:
Band

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 May 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Sep 1868, 3:30 PM

Program Details

According to the printed program in the New York Post (9/25/68, 2) the Hit or Miss galop was written by Herol. It is probably a mistake and the piece is as given in the MIG data base.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Conductor: Dodworth, Harvey Bradley
Participants:  Central Park Band
2)
Central Park
aka Park march, The; Central Park; Central Park music; Salutory park march; Salutary park march; Concert-Signal March; Proem; Attention; Introductory march
Composer(s): Dodworth
3)
Serment, Le; ou, Les faux monnoyeurs, overture
aka Falschmünzer, Die; Falschmunzer, Die
Composer(s): Auber
4)
Scholar's gate
Composer(s): Dodworth
5)
Katy-did polka, The; or, Souvenirs of Castle Garden
Composer(s): Jullien
6)
INTERMISSION
7)
Orphée aux enfers, selections
aka Orphee aux enfers selections
Composer(s): Offenbach
8)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
General Chickering
Composer(s): Brignoli
10)
Guillaume Tell, overture
aka Guglielmo Tell; William Tell; Introduction
Composer(s): Rossini
11)
INTERMISSION
12)
Gruss aus der Ferne, op. 64
aka Greeting from afar
Composer(s): Heinsdorff
13)
Quadrille on airs from Hervé’s L’Oeil crevé
aka Quadrille on airs from Herve's L'Oeil creve
Composer(s): Unknown composer
14)
Trovatore, Il, "Miserere"
aka Ah! che la morte ognori; Ah! I have sigh’d to rest me; Lord have mercy; Preghiera
Composer(s): Verdi
15)
Hit and miss galop
Composer(s): Hervé
16)
Union, The
aka Union: north, south, east, and west
Composer(s): Dodworth

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 25 September 1868, 2.

Includes program.