Harvey B. Dodworth Explained

Harvey B. Dodworth
Birth Date:	November 16, 1822
Birth Place:	Sheffield, England
Death Date:	January 24, 1891
Death Place:	West Hoboken, New Jersey
Spouse:	Ellwhyley (Crow) Dodworth (1827-1856); Charlotte A. (Crow) Dodworth (1835-1895)
Occupation:	Band conductor and music arranger; instruments played: piccolo and cornet
Notable Works:	First person in the United States to arrange Richard Wagner's music for military bands

Harvey B. Dodworth (November 16, 1822 – January 24, 1891) was a bandmaster and conductor of the 13th Regiment Band as well as the Dodworth Band,^[1] and was the first person in the United States to arrange Richard Wagner's music for military bands.^[2]

He conducted with a band of sixty musicians in between salutes and boxing matches,^[3] as well as opening in Madison Square Garden,^[4] in which he had plans to lease in 1879 to turn it into a "music garden", where he would conduct a 123-piece band.^[5] Dodworth's band also had free weekly concerts in Central Park, which drew large crowds.^[6]

Formative years

He was born in Sheffield, England, and played the piccolo at the age of ten in the New York Park Theater. He played for 51 years in his father's band until October 1890.^[7]

Music compositions created

• "Captain Ellis' artillery quick step." New York, New York: Firth & Hall, 1846.
• "Friendship's offering." New York, New York: Firth, Hall, and Pond, 1846.
• "Santa Clause quadrilles." New York, New York: Firth, Hall, and Pond, 1846.
• The woodbine." New York, New York: Firth, Hall, and Pond, 1847.
• "The Mercer House medley." New York, New York: Wm. Hall and Son, 1848.
• "Diligent Hose Co. quick step." New York, New York: Wm. Hall and Son, 1849.
• "Weird polka." New York, New York: Wm. Hall and Son, 1850.
• "Enchantress quadrilles." New York, New York: Wm. Hall and Son, 1851.
• "Atalanta polka." New York, New York: William Hall and Son, 1853.
• "The bell polka." New York, New York: H.B. Dodworth, 1853.
• "Dodworth's Terpsichorian repertoire, or, Library of dances." New York, New York: H.B. Dodworth, 1853.
• "Elder quickstep." New York, New York: H.B. Dodworth, 1854.
• "Philolexian quick march." New York, New York: H.B. Dodworth, 1854.
• "Columbia, queen of the land." New York, New York: H.B. Dodworth, 1862.
• "Hymn of Columbia." New York, New York: H.B. Dodworth, 1862.
• "Raw recruit, quadrille." New York, New York: H.B. Dodworth, 1862.
• "The march past." Providence, Rhode Island: D. W. Reeves, 1888.

Death and interment

Dodworth died in West Hoboken, New Jersey on January 24, 1891. He was buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.^[2]

See also

• Thomas Coates
• John Philip Sousa

External links

• • Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music: Harvey B. Dodworth. Washington, DC: U.S. Library of Congress.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harvey B. Dodworth (1822-1891). Picture History. 25 March 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320052014/https://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/17753. 20 March 2012.
2. News: . Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 26 January 1891.
3. Book: Brodsky Lawrence, Vera. 386. Repercussions, 1857-1862. February 1999. University of Chicago Press . 9780226470153.
4. Book: Clipper. 19. The New York clipper annual: containing theatrical and sporting chronologies ... and best performances in all departments of sport. 1879.
5. News: The New York Times. 25 March 1879. Future of Gilmores Garden.
6. Book: Carroll, Raymond. The Complete Illustrated Map and Guidebook to Central Park. 35. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. 2008. 978-1-4027-5833-1.
7. Book: Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events. 618. 16. D. Appleton & Co. 1892.