Hewitt
musical director/bandleader
Biography
Hewitt directed musical performances at New York's Park Theatre around 1795. The violinist Ulshoefer is recorded as having played 'first violin' under Hewitt's direction that year, though little further detail about Hewitt himself is given in this passage.
Highlights
- Led the Park Theatre orchestra in 1795, under whom the violinist Ulshoefer performed as 'first violin.'
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 101.
Public domain.