Who founded The Promenade Concerts in 1895?
Promenade concert London pleasure gardens. Promenade concert Promenade concerts were musical performances in the 18th and 19th century pleasure gardens of London, where the audience would stroll about while listening to the music. The term derives from the French "se promener", "to walk". Today, the term "promenade concert" is often associated with the Proms summer classical music concert series founded in 1895 by Robert Newman and the conductor Henry Wood. Pleasure gardens, which levied a small entrance fee and provided a variety of entertainment, had become extremely popular in London by the eighteenth century. Music was provided from bandstands (known as ‘’orchestras’’)
Promenade concert Amadeus Mozart performed on the harpsichord and organ as a child prodigy in 1764. Joseph Haydn, too, appeared here during his visits to London. The term "promenade concert" seems to have been first used in England in 1838 when London’s Lyceum Theatre announced ‘Promenade Concerts à la Musard’. Philippe Musard was a French musician who had introduced open-air concerts in the English style in Paris. Musard came to England in 1840 to conduct concerts in the Lyceum Theatre. His programmes consisted of overtures, waltzes, popular instrumental solos and quadrilles. The success of these concerts led to further musical promenade concerts,