Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tompkins Square

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 October 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Jun 1870, 6:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Central Park Band

2)

Barbe bleue, [quickstep]

Composer(s): Wiegand

3)

Zanetta; ou, Jouer avec le feu, overture

Composer(s): Auber

4)

"Harp that once through Tara's halls, The"

aka Harp that once thro' Tara's halls, The

Composer(s): Stevenson

Text Author: Moore

5)

Petitionen, op. 153

Composer(s): Strauss

6)

7)

Composer(s): Parlow

8)

Grande duchesse de Gérolstein, La, selection

Composer(s): Offenbach

9)

Lurline, "Sweet spirit, hear my prayer"

aka Prayer; Ave Maria

Composer(s): Wallace

10)

Composer(s): Faust

11)

12)

Gazza ladra, La, overture

aka Diebische Elster, Die; Thieving magpie

Composer(s): Rossini

13)

Ernani, selection

Composer(s): Verdi

14)

Composer(s): Herrmann

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 June 1870, 3.

2)

Announcement: New-York Times, 12 June 1870, 8.

3)

Announcement: New York Herald, 14 June 1870, 10.

“The Department of Public Parks announce that, if the weather be fine, there will be music by the Central Park band [sic] in Tompkins square this evening, from six to eight o’clock.” Lists program.