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The 1953 film Titanic (Dir. Jean Negulesco, starring Clifton Webb) has a scene where Captain Smith encounters the young shortly before disaster strikes, exuberantly gathered round the piano in 1st Class, singing popular songs. He listens, and smiles.
Titanic in Song. 24. Stokers' Songs. 17. The songs played in A Night To Remember. 11. Songs and Music. 5. Titanic Songbook.
Titanic. Music Played on the Titanic. 8 items. The musicians on the Titanic appear to have had a basic repertoire of 342 tunes according to a contemporary White Star Line booklet. This was supplemented with other hymns and anthems which they might be called upon to play upon request. There was also a ship's bugler who called passengers to dinner.
Oct 13, 2005 · In Memory of the Heroes of the Ill-Fated Titanic. Words by Mark Bean. Music by Harold Jones. Published 1912 by Joe Morris Music Co., New York, USA. Listen to this Piece [Midi / Recording] On a peaceful night. Thro' the starlight bright. There a good ship plowed her way,
Jun 27, 2015 · This repertoire list contains 341 pieces played by ship's orchestras aboard White Star Line ships including the Titanic. Some of the pieces were remembered by survivors as having been played on the night of the sinking, including Songe d'Automne by Archibald Joyce. The orchestra comprised different groups and locations depending on the time of ...
Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in the 1940s that "The Titanic" was the first song he ever learned to play on a 12-string guitar, which was later to become his signature instrument. He first played it in 1912 when performing with Blind Lemon ...
A jar, a crash, a fearful clash, A sound like awful thunder, The dying groan, the living moan, As the splendid ship went under. Out on the sea when the ship went down, Out where the lifeboats rocked, Husbands were parted from loving wives, Captain and sailors, they gave up their lives. Wireless rang with the awful news,
Oct 12, 2005 · Nearer My God to Thee. The Hymn Nearer My God to Thee has often been suggested as the last tune played by the Musicians on the Titanic. There are different versions of the hymn, all are set to verses, written in 1841, by the English poet Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805-48) (1). An English version is set to the tune Horbury composed in 1861 by ...
Songe d'Autmone (Dream of Autumn) was composed by Archibald Joyce (25 May 1873 to 22 March 1963). Joyce, popularly known as the "English Waltz King", had considerable success in England with this piece which was included in the repertoire for White Star Line orchestra's. Harold Bride 's recollection of "Autumn" playing as the Titanic foundered ...
Blind Willie Johnson was born in Marlin, Texas c.1902. A Gospel singer and guitarist, he recorded just 30 pieces at a variety of locations between 1927 and 1930. He was accompanied on some songs by. Music Recordings. Huddie Ledbetter - Leadbelly. LEADBELLY : THE TITANIC.
