Ted Stanley Hart, the fifth child of Lemuel Jay Hart and Esther Maria Ashe, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, on February 6, 1921. He lived on the family farm with his parents until he graduated from college.
Ted attended high school in Vassar, Michigan, graduating from there in 1938. He then went to Michigan State College and graduated with a teaching degree in 1942. His first jobs after graduation were teaching English and music at the Lake Orion and Swartz Creek high schools until 1944. He was very musically talented, had a fine tenor voice, and decided to pursue a career in vocal music performance. To that end he went back to Michigan State College and received a B.A. in music in 1945.
Ted loved to travel and he took his first trip abroad while in college. He signed on as a cabin boy on a Norwegian freighter one summer. The trip took him into African ports and as far up the Congo River as the ship could navigate. The following summer he visited South American ports in the same way.
Ted attended the Julliard School of Music in New York City, New York, studying in the studios of Herbert Janssen, Evan Evans, and Fritz Lehmann until 1947. At that time he was invited to join the New York City Opera Company and later worked as an ensemble artist with the Metropolitan Opera Company. He also became associated with the Metropolitan Opera Association and directed their Children's Chorus for four years prior to his passing in appearances with the Royal Ballet. Ted went on tour with several groups in New England, the Midwest and the southern states, holding concerts in churches and schools. Included in his repertoire were short operas, many of which he compiled himself. He was a frequent soloist with the New Rochelle Symphony, having sung also with the Amato Opera Theatre, After-Dinner Opera, Empire State Music Festival and Punch Opera. As he matures he began concentrating on conducting, becoming the director of the University Men's Glee Club of Westchester, and the music director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of New Rochelle, NY. There he served as the director of the Senior Choir and the Junior Choir for 15 years. In addition to this busy schedule, Ted also worked in the library at Hunter College of the City University of New York after he retired from the Metropolitan Opera.
Ted combined his love of music and travel by going to Europe most summers with a traveling companion, Bob Gutman, and attended musical performances in many countries. He and Bob attended the Passion Play in Oberamergau, Austria, several times. They seldom joined tourist groups, but typically rented a car and set out on their own, visiting historic sites such as castles, monasteries and cathedrals.
On August 28, 1970, he was tragically killed in Seattle, Washington. He and Bob had just returned from an all-day excursion on a sightseeing boat to Victoria, British Colombia. They were walking back to their hotel about 10 o'clock at night and came to a crosswalk on a major street. The light changed and they began walking across when Ted was struck by a speeding car that failed to stop for the red light. He died instantly at the age of 49 years, six months and 22 days.
The following article was published in the "Seattle Times" on Sunday, August 30, 1970.
"Death's irony: traffic victim spoke of courteous drivers"
"There are several sad ironies in his death," said Robert W. Gutman, of New York City. "One is that he had remarked several times about the courteous motorists and safe driving here in Seattle."
Gutman was talking about his traveling companion and longtime friend, Ted Stanley Hart, a New York City choir director who was struck and killed by a car at 10 p.m. Friday at Western Avenue and Lenora Street.
Gutman and Hart were in a marked crosswalk. They had just arrived aboard the steamship "Princess Marguerite" from a day of sightseeing in Victoria, B.C. and were walking to their downtown hotel.
Gutman, walking behind Hart, said he yelled a warning, to late, that a car was bearing down on them.
The driver was identified as Ronda Faye Pendleton, 24, of 1000 First Avenue, W., a waitress. Her car was being paced for speeding by a police vehicle. She was booked in city jail for negligent driving.
Hart was choirmaster for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New Rochelle, a New York City suburb.
Gutman, a history professor, left Seattle last night to accompany the body to his friend's native state of Michigan. He said he is haunted by another irony in the death. Gutman said:
"Ted was looking forward to preparing a presentation of Mozart's Requiem, the mass that Mozart left unfinished, because of his death."
Ted attended high school in Vassar, Michigan, graduating from there in 1938. He then went to Michigan State College and graduated with a teaching degree in 1942. His first jobs after graduation were teaching English and music at the Lake Orion and Swartz Creek high schools until 1944. He was very musically talented, had a fine tenor voice, and decided to pursue a career in vocal music performance. To that end he went back to Michigan State College and received a B.A. in music in 1945.
Ted loved to travel and he took his first trip abroad while in college. He signed on as a cabin boy on a Norwegian freighter one summer. The trip took him into African ports and as far up the Congo River as the ship could navigate. The following summer he visited South American ports in the same way.
Ted attended the Julliard School of Music in New York City, New York, studying in the studios of Herbert Janssen, Evan Evans, and Fritz Lehmann until 1947. At that time he was invited to join the New York City Opera Company and later worked as an ensemble artist with the Metropolitan Opera Company. He also became associated with the Metropolitan Opera Association and directed their Children's Chorus for four years prior to his passing in appearances with the Royal Ballet. Ted went on tour with several groups in New England, the Midwest and the southern states, holding concerts in churches and schools. Included in his repertoire were short operas, many of which he compiled himself. He was a frequent soloist with the New Rochelle Symphony, having sung also with the Amato Opera Theatre, After-Dinner Opera, Empire State Music Festival and Punch Opera. As he matures he began concentrating on conducting, becoming the director of the University Men's Glee Club of Westchester, and the music director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of New Rochelle, NY. There he served as the director of the Senior Choir and the Junior Choir for 15 years. In addition to this busy schedule, Ted also worked in the library at Hunter College of the City University of New York after he retired from the Metropolitan Opera.
Ted combined his love of music and travel by going to Europe most summers with a traveling companion, Bob Gutman, and attended musical performances in many countries. He and Bob attended the Passion Play in Oberamergau, Austria, several times. They seldom joined tourist groups, but typically rented a car and set out on their own, visiting historic sites such as castles, monasteries and cathedrals.
On August 28, 1970, he was tragically killed in Seattle, Washington. He and Bob had just returned from an all-day excursion on a sightseeing boat to Victoria, British Colombia. They were walking back to their hotel about 10 o'clock at night and came to a crosswalk on a major street. The light changed and they began walking across when Ted was struck by a speeding car that failed to stop for the red light. He died instantly at the age of 49 years, six months and 22 days.
The following article was published in the "Seattle Times" on Sunday, August 30, 1970.
"Death's irony: traffic victim spoke of courteous drivers"
"There are several sad ironies in his death," said Robert W. Gutman, of New York City. "One is that he had remarked several times about the courteous motorists and safe driving here in Seattle."
Gutman was talking about his traveling companion and longtime friend, Ted Stanley Hart, a New York City choir director who was struck and killed by a car at 10 p.m. Friday at Western Avenue and Lenora Street.
Gutman and Hart were in a marked crosswalk. They had just arrived aboard the steamship "Princess Marguerite" from a day of sightseeing in Victoria, B.C. and were walking to their downtown hotel.
Gutman, walking behind Hart, said he yelled a warning, to late, that a car was bearing down on them.
The driver was identified as Ronda Faye Pendleton, 24, of 1000 First Avenue, W., a waitress. Her car was being paced for speeding by a police vehicle. She was booked in city jail for negligent driving.
Hart was choirmaster for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New Rochelle, a New York City suburb.
Gutman, a history professor, left Seattle last night to accompany the body to his friend's native state of Michigan. He said he is haunted by another irony in the death. Gutman said:
"Ted was looking forward to preparing a presentation of Mozart's Requiem, the mass that Mozart left unfinished, because of his death."
Ted Stanley Hart, the fifth child of Lemuel Jay Hart and Esther Maria Ashe, was born in Tuscola County, Michigan, on February 6, 1921. He lived on the family farm with his parents until he graduated from college.
Ted attended high school in Vassar, Michigan, graduating from there in 1938. He then went to Michigan State College and graduated with a teaching degree in 1942. His first jobs after graduation were teaching English and music at the Lake Orion and Swartz Creek high schools until 1944. He was very musically talented, had a fine tenor voice, and decided to pursue a career in vocal music performance. To that end he went back to Michigan State College and received a B.A. in music in 1945.
Ted loved to travel and he took his first trip abroad while in college. He signed on as a cabin boy on a Norwegian freighter one summer. The trip took him into African ports and as far up the Congo River as the ship could navigate. The following summer he visited South American ports in the same way.
Ted attended the Julliard School of Music in New York City, New York, studying in the studios of Herbert Janssen, Evan Evans, and Fritz Lehmann until 1947. At that time he was invited to join the New York City Opera Company and later worked as an ensemble artist with the Metropolitan Opera Company. He also became associated with the Metropolitan Opera Association and directed their Children's Chorus for four years prior to his passing in appearances with the Royal Ballet. Ted went on tour with several groups in New England, the Midwest and the southern states, holding concerts in churches and schools. Included in his repertoire were short operas, many of which he compiled himself. He was a frequent soloist with the New Rochelle Symphony, having sung also with the Amato Opera Theatre, After-Dinner Opera, Empire State Music Festival and Punch Opera. As he matures he began concentrating on conducting, becoming the director of the University Men's Glee Club of Westchester, and the music director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of New Rochelle, NY. There he served as the director of the Senior Choir and the Junior Choir for 15 years. In addition to this busy schedule, Ted also worked in the library at Hunter College of the City University of New York after he retired from the Metropolitan Opera.
Ted combined his love of music and travel by going to Europe most summers with a traveling companion, Bob Gutman, and attended musical performances in many countries. He and Bob attended the Passion Play in Oberamergau, Austria, several times. They seldom joined tourist groups, but typically rented a car and set out on their own, visiting historic sites such as castles, monasteries and cathedrals.
On August 28, 1970, he was tragically killed in Seattle, Washington. He and Bob had just returned from an all-day excursion on a sightseeing boat to Victoria, British Colombia. They were walking back to their hotel about 10 o'clock at night and came to a crosswalk on a major street. The light changed and they began walking across when Ted was struck by a speeding car that failed to stop for the red light. He died instantly at the age of 49 years, six months and 22 days.
The following article was published in the "Seattle Times" on Sunday, August 30, 1970.
"Death's irony: traffic victim spoke of courteous drivers"
"There are several sad ironies in his death," said Robert W. Gutman, of New York City. "One is that he had remarked several times about the courteous motorists and safe driving here in Seattle."
Gutman was talking about his traveling companion and longtime friend, Ted Stanley Hart, a New York City choir director who was struck and killed by a car at 10 p.m. Friday at Western Avenue and Lenora Street.
Gutman and Hart were in a marked crosswalk. They had just arrived aboard the steamship "Princess Marguerite" from a day of sightseeing in Victoria, B.C. and were walking to their downtown hotel.
Gutman, walking behind Hart, said he yelled a warning, to late, that a car was bearing down on them.
The driver was identified as Ronda Faye Pendleton, 24, of 1000 First Avenue, W., a waitress. Her car was being paced for speeding by a police vehicle. She was booked in city jail for negligent driving.
Hart was choirmaster for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New Rochelle, a New York City suburb.
Gutman, a history professor, left Seattle last night to accompany the body to his friend's native state of Michigan. He said he is haunted by another irony in the death. Gutman said:
"Ted was looking forward to preparing a presentation of Mozart's Requiem, the mass that Mozart left unfinished, because of his death."
Ted attended high school in Vassar, Michigan, graduating from there in 1938. He then went to Michigan State College and graduated with a teaching degree in 1942. His first jobs after graduation were teaching English and music at the Lake Orion and Swartz Creek high schools until 1944. He was very musically talented, had a fine tenor voice, and decided to pursue a career in vocal music performance. To that end he went back to Michigan State College and received a B.A. in music in 1945.
Ted loved to travel and he took his first trip abroad while in college. He signed on as a cabin boy on a Norwegian freighter one summer. The trip took him into African ports and as far up the Congo River as the ship could navigate. The following summer he visited South American ports in the same way.
Ted attended the Julliard School of Music in New York City, New York, studying in the studios of Herbert Janssen, Evan Evans, and Fritz Lehmann until 1947. At that time he was invited to join the New York City Opera Company and later worked as an ensemble artist with the Metropolitan Opera Company. He also became associated with the Metropolitan Opera Association and directed their Children's Chorus for four years prior to his passing in appearances with the Royal Ballet. Ted went on tour with several groups in New England, the Midwest and the southern states, holding concerts in churches and schools. Included in his repertoire were short operas, many of which he compiled himself. He was a frequent soloist with the New Rochelle Symphony, having sung also with the Amato Opera Theatre, After-Dinner Opera, Empire State Music Festival and Punch Opera. As he matures he began concentrating on conducting, becoming the director of the University Men's Glee Club of Westchester, and the music director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of New Rochelle, NY. There he served as the director of the Senior Choir and the Junior Choir for 15 years. In addition to this busy schedule, Ted also worked in the library at Hunter College of the City University of New York after he retired from the Metropolitan Opera.
Ted combined his love of music and travel by going to Europe most summers with a traveling companion, Bob Gutman, and attended musical performances in many countries. He and Bob attended the Passion Play in Oberamergau, Austria, several times. They seldom joined tourist groups, but typically rented a car and set out on their own, visiting historic sites such as castles, monasteries and cathedrals.
On August 28, 1970, he was tragically killed in Seattle, Washington. He and Bob had just returned from an all-day excursion on a sightseeing boat to Victoria, British Colombia. They were walking back to their hotel about 10 o'clock at night and came to a crosswalk on a major street. The light changed and they began walking across when Ted was struck by a speeding car that failed to stop for the red light. He died instantly at the age of 49 years, six months and 22 days.
The following article was published in the "Seattle Times" on Sunday, August 30, 1970.
"Death's irony: traffic victim spoke of courteous drivers"
"There are several sad ironies in his death," said Robert W. Gutman, of New York City. "One is that he had remarked several times about the courteous motorists and safe driving here in Seattle."
Gutman was talking about his traveling companion and longtime friend, Ted Stanley Hart, a New York City choir director who was struck and killed by a car at 10 p.m. Friday at Western Avenue and Lenora Street.
Gutman and Hart were in a marked crosswalk. They had just arrived aboard the steamship "Princess Marguerite" from a day of sightseeing in Victoria, B.C. and were walking to their downtown hotel.
Gutman, walking behind Hart, said he yelled a warning, to late, that a car was bearing down on them.
The driver was identified as Ronda Faye Pendleton, 24, of 1000 First Avenue, W., a waitress. Her car was being paced for speeding by a police vehicle. She was booked in city jail for negligent driving.
Hart was choirmaster for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New Rochelle, a New York City suburb.
Gutman, a history professor, left Seattle last night to accompany the body to his friend's native state of Michigan. He said he is haunted by another irony in the death. Gutman said:
"Ted was looking forward to preparing a presentation of Mozart's Requiem, the mass that Mozart left unfinished, because of his death."
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