Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Mall

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Price: Free

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 November 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Aug 1863, 4:00 PM

Program Details

Concert in three parts.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
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)
Dieu et la bayadère, Le; ou, La courtisane amoureuse, overture
aka Gott und die Bajadere, Der; Dieu et la bayadere
Composer(s): Auber
4)
"Kathleen Mavourneen," [ballad]
aka Elly Mavourneen
Composer(s): Crouch [composer-cello]
Text Author: Crouch [composer-cello]
5)
Charivari potpourri
aka Charivari potpouri; Chiravari pot pourri; Chiravari pot pouri
Composer(s): Hamm
6)
INTERMISSION
7)
Siegesmarsch
aka Victory; March of victory; Friedrich Carl Siegesmarsch; Grand triumph
Composer(s): Bilse
8)
Overture, wind instruments, C major, op. 24
aka Harmoniemusik; Military overture
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
9)
Juive, La, aria
Composer(s): Halévy
10)
Juive, La, finale
Composer(s): Halévy
11)
Symphony, no. 2, op. 36, D major. Larghetto
Composer(s): Beethoven
12)
INTERMISSION
13)
"Roof stone"
Composer(s): Basquit
14)
Satanella; or, The power of love, selections
aka mélange; melange
Composer(s): Balfe
15)
Katy-did polka, The; or, Souvenirs of Castle Garden
Composer(s): Jullien
16)
Saison de Wilhelmsbad, op. 20
aka Wilhelmsbad spring galop; Wilhemsband season galop; Saison gallop; Spring galop
Composer(s): Heller
17)
National potpourri
aka National pot pouri; National potpourri; National medley; National airs
Composer(s): Dodworth

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 01 August 1863, 3.
"There will be a concert in the Central Park. . . if the weather is fine."
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 August 1863, 3.

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 02 August 1863, 4.

     THE PARK.--The Park has become the favorite rendezvous for all New York, and may now fairly be said to prove an unrivalled attraction. On Saturdays music of the highest order is discoursed to thousands who throng the Mall and Terrace to listen to the concert, while every species of flower that will bloom in our climate fills the air with fragrance. The natural beauty of the Park is enhanced by the skilful architecture of the arches and bridges which abound there. The lakes, with the swans and gondolas riding upon their rippled surface, go to complete a most pleasing andd attractive ensemble--one worthy of our great city.

      We would suggest that what is now known as 'The Central Park' should be called simply The Park--Central is by no means euphonious, and has no particular meaning in this instance. We have nothing worthy of the name save the Park. All other places in this city now known as parks are mere squares or commons. In Paris the Bois de Boulogne, being the favorite and most beautiful place of resort, is known throughout the city as 'The Bois,' although there are other such places in plenty in that bright, gay capital.

     In London Hyde Park, being the fashionable rendezvous, is known as 'The Park,' although there are others in the city. We should by all means drop the word 'Central,' and call our beautiful and favorite resort 'The Park.' It is indeed the Park of the world."