Band conductor and music arranger; instruments played: piccolo and cornet
Notable work
First person in the United States to arrange
Richard Wagner's music for military bands
Spouse(s)
Ellwhyley (Crow) Dodworth (1827-1856); Charlotte A. (Crow) Dodworth (1835-1895)
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]