Daniel Schwarz

Daniel Schwarz (3 July 1851 – 7 March 1885) was a German trumpeter, and the band leader of the travelling Schwarz Band from Hinzweiler, Germany. His home town had a strong musical culture, so although he was a smallholder in Germany, in the summers he would work in the manner of the West Palatine Wandermusikanten, who would travel as musical entertainers throughout Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Schwarz's venues in England were the Raikes Hall Gardens at Blackpool where he was bandmaster and also in the Oddfellows' Hall, Pateley Bridge and in Harrogate, North Riding of Yorkshire.

The Schwarz Band was a section of a larger band belonging to his brother-in-law Jacob Hoffmann. Schwarz was the father of Otto Schwarz, who continued in his father's footsteps, bringing his Bavarian String Band to Harrogate until 1914. Schwarz died suddenly at the age of 33 and is buried in Grove Road Cemetery, Harrogate.

Background Schwarz's parents were Daniel Schwarz (1820–1900) and Margaretha Volles (1820–1877) of Germany. Daniel Schwarz was born on 3 July 1851 in Hinzweiler, Germany, which at that period was within the Bavarian border. On 21 December 1875 he married Katharina Zink in Bavaria. He was the father of Otto Schwarz who later brought the Bavarian String Band to play in Harrogate bandstands between 1897 and 1914. On 16 May 1884, he led the band at Pateley Bridge with the following performance:of "operatic and other music": the overture of Titus, a selection from The Pirates of Penzance, The Heavens are Telling a pot pourri from the Zauberlaterne, a selection from Patience, Fantasia and Lohengrin, cornet solo, Snowdrop Polka, Valse, Marien, a selection from Norma, another waltz, Am Schönen Rhein Gedenk ich Dien, Fantasia, Chia an Rosanto St Domingo, a selection from Faust, Pastorale and Messiah, and finally God Save the Queen.

Death and legacy Schwarz died unexpectedly at Harrogate railway station while waiting for the Otley train, His body lay in his lodgings at Tower Street, Harrogate,

After Schwarz died, the Schwarz Band became the Royal Palace Guards Band, which continued to play at Pateley Bridge and Blackpool.