The Rise and Fall of Willow Grove Park

Dr. Thomas Cox traces the history of Willow Grove Park from its inception and opening to its eventual decline half a century later.

Concert Music in PT Barnum's Day

To understand the popularity of the music of Willow Grove Park, one must take a glimpse into the history of the concert band in the United States in the late 1800's.

WGP Search and Find

A search and find wih questions about this website.

Form in Music

A brief primer on the various forms in music, focusing mainly on the types of music played in Willow Grove Park.

What is Willow Grove Park

Leigh Mitchell Hodges, a park patron of the heyday, writes an introduction for a park promotional pamphlet.

"It is the evolution of a novel idea. It is an institution of learning, where the best of knowledge may be got for nothing in the pleasantest of forms. It is a summer-school of music with refined amusements for optional selection by those among its multitude of patrons who desire such."