Articles on brass bands in New York

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Published

Last Updated:
21 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jul 1874
24 Jul 1874
04 Aug 1874

Performers and/or Works Performed

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LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Seventh Regiment Band;  Central Park Band;  Twenty-Second Regiment Band;  Ninth Regiment Band

Citations

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Article: New York Herald, 20 July 1874, 2.

Elevation of military music to a respectable standard; high place of the Central Park Band in the affections of visitors to Central Park; military music in Europe; influence of military music on a soldier’s mind; plague of wandering hornists; best bands in New York.

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Article: New York Herald, 24 July 1874, 4.

Endorsement of a suggestion by a reader that a first class military band be attached to the police force of New York. 

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Article: New York Herald, 04 August 1874, 8.