Hart Pease Danks

1834–1903 (age 69)

Composer

Biography

Hart Pease Danks studied music with ardor and published songs that captured the sentimental spirit of the era, earning admiration from audiences eager for tender melodies.

His most beloved works continued to be sung in parlors and gatherings, and when he died in 1903 his burial at Kensico Cemetery marked the close of a creative life that comforted many.