Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tompkins Square

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 October 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Jun 1870, 6:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Central Park Band

2)

Composer(s): Grafulla

3)

Nabucco, overture

Composer(s): Verdi

4)

Composer(s): Bergmann

5)

"Rocked in the cradle of the deep"

Composer(s): Knight

Text Author: Willard

6)

7)

Africaine, L', selection

Composer(s): Meyerbeer

8)

Composer(s): Faust

9)

Fest polonaise

Composer(s): Kuchner

10)

Poltergeister

aka Hobgoblin

Composer(s): Faust

11)

12)

Frau Meisterin, Die, overture

Composer(s): Suppé

13)

Warrior's return, The

Composer(s): Kéler

14)

Belle Hélène, La, selection

Composer(s): Offenbach

15)

Composer(s): Scheuer

Citations

1)

Announcement: New-York Times, 19 June 1870, 5.

2)

Announcement: New York Herald, 21 June 1870, 7.

“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 [sic] on this evening, from six to eight o’clock.” Lists program.

3)

Review: New York Herald, 22 June 1870, 6.

Brief. “Tompkins square [sic] was alive last evening. The denizens of the crowded locality were out in full force to hear the fine music, and they evidently enjoyed it.”