HART, HENRY

HART, HENRY. Society dance-orchestra leader (c1840 in Frankfort, Kentucky; 7 December 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana). He left Frankfort, Kentucky, at the age of fourteen to go to Cleveland, Ohio, where he learned to play violin. His early professional experience was in a white band under the leadership of one Stanton. About 1864 he went to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he played violin in various nightclubs and met his future wife, Sara, who was a professional pianist. In 1867 they settled in...