David Hart

David Hart was a classical multi-instrumentalist, including both wind and string instruments (flute, recorder, whistles, shawm, viol, lute, harp). He was born in Jackson, Michigan on October 27, 1950; and passed away on May 22, 1988 in Fort Worth, Texas at the age of 37. Mr. Hart studied at the New England Conservatory and at various times was in several prominent early music groups here and abroad. Among them were the New York Pro Musica Antiqua, Pomerium Musices, the Ensemble for Early Music, the Newberry Consort in Chicago and Sequentia in Cologne, West Germany. He also made guest appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and appeared on the ''Today'' show during the Bach tercentenary in 1985. His recordings appeared on Nonesuch, Titanic (2), Harmonia Mundi, Musical Heritage Society and - in a special historical series sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Pleiades Records (3).