Central Park Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Mall

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jun 1874, 3:00 PM

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)
Semiramide, overture
Composer(s): Rossini
4)
An der schönen, blauen Donau, op. 314
aka Blue Danube
Composer(s): Strauss
5)
Kutschke-Polka, op. 155
aka Kutschkie
Composer(s): Stasny
6)
INTERMISSION
7)
Lohengrin, Vorspiel and chorus
aka Introduction and chorus to Lohengrin
Composer(s): Wagner
8)
Fata Morgana, op. 330
Composer(s): Strauss
9)
Orphée aux enfers, selection
aka Orphee aux enfers, selection
Composer(s): Offenbach
10)
"Adieu"
aka Last greeting; Adieu! 'Tis love's last greeting
Composer(s): Weyrauch
11)
INTERMISSION
12)
German
Composer(s): Hamm
13)
Work, unidentified
Composer(s): Rossini
14)
Aida, "Marcia trionfale"
aka Triumphal march, Aida; Aida, Marcia trionfale; Grand march, Aida; Egyptian march, Aida; Wedding march, Aida
Composer(s): Verdi
15)
Galop, unidentified
Composer(s): Faust
16)
National potpourri
aka National pot pouri; National potpourri; National medley; National airs
Composer(s): Dodworth

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 19 June 1874, 2.

Program differs from the one given in the New York Herald; time given as 4 pm. 

2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 June 1874, 12.

Program differs from the one given in the New York Herald; no time given.

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 June 1874, 4.

Includes program; the unidentified work by Rossini was a “Fanfare militaire.”