Central Park Cornet Band Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Upper Lake

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Band

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 September 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Aug 1865, 3:30 PM

Program Details

Four musicians in the car of an air balloon performed “John Brown” and other popular melodies.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka John Brown song, The; John Brown's body

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 29 August 1865, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 30 August 1865, 5.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 August 1865, 2.

“[T]he Park Cornet Band will play on the lake to-day, from 3:30 o’clock until 6:30 o’clock P.M.”

4)
Review: New York Herald, 31 August 1865, 4.

“Yesterday . . . we were present at a concert in the air, and another on the water.  The concert in the air consisted of the well known tune John Brown, and other popular melodies played by four musicians in the car of Professor Lowe’s balloon, when at an elevation of some eight hundred feet.  The concert on the water was the usual musical entertainment given by Dodworth’s concert band, on the upper lake of the park.  These concerts are becoming almost as popular as those given on Saturday, and the one of yesterday was listened to by a very large and very respectable concourse of people.”