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MOHAWK - THE LAST SONG   MOHAWK - THE LAST SONG
Sheet music artwork for I Saw Stars, the 1934 hit the Mohawk orhcestra was playing at the moment of the collision....
Gare Maritime
THE SINKING TITANIC   THE SINKING TITANIC
By Marcellus O. Ruch Published 1912 by M. O. Ruch, Canton, Ohio, USA [Midi] ...
1912
THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC   THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
Jeanette Forrest
A Descriptive Piano Composition Word and Music by Jeanette Forrest Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago : New York Listen to this Piece [Midi] ...
1912
IN MEMORY OF THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE   IN MEMORY OF THE TITANIC CATASTROPHE
Henry Tiedemann
Grand Memorial Fantasie Words and Music by Henry Tiedemann Published 1912 by the Southern Music Company, Dallas, Texas Listen to this Piece...
1912
MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP   MY SWEETHEART WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP
Words by Roger Lewis Music by F. Henri Klickmann Published 1912 by Frank K. Root & Co. Chicago and New York, USA [Midi / Recording]...
1912
THE BAND PLAYED NEARER MY GOD TO THEE AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN   THE BAND PLAYED NEARER MY GOD TO THEE AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN
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 ...
1912
  ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING
The Hymn "On the Resurrection Morning" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) and the music "Resurrection Morn" by Ira David Sanke...
New York Times CLEARS HOTEL MEN IN PALM BEACH FIRE
Florida Commissioner After Inquiry Says That They Provided All Necessary Safeguards --- GUESTS’ LOSS $2,000,000 --- Thousands of Dollars in Scattered Belongings Reclaimed---First of Victims Arrive HERE --- Special to ...
21st March 1925
JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN - A SONG OF THE SEA   JUST AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN - A SONG OF THE SEA
A Song of the Sea Words by Edith Maida Lessing Music by Bernie Adler and Sidney Gibson Published 1912 by the Harold Rossiter Music Company, Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [...
1912
  THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND
Word and Music by Leveridge The Roast Beef of Old England was the tune played by the Bugler, P.W. Fletcher, to call first class passengers to meals. ...
  THERE IS A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY
The Hymn "There is a Green Hill Far Away" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. The words were written by Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (1818-1895), in 1848, for the collection Hymns for Li...
THE TITANIC'S DISASTER : DER NASER KEIVER   THE TITANIC'S DISASTER : DER NASER KEIVER
Words (in Yiddish) by S. Small Music by Henry A. Rusotto Listen to this Piece [...
1912
WILLIAM GREENFIELD PLAYING THE PIANO.   WILLIAM GREENFIELD PLAYING THE PIANO.
THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC   THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
William Baltzell
A Descriptive Composition for Piano Solo By William Baltzell Published 1912 by Aubrey Stauffer & Co., Chicago, USA Listen to this Piece [Midi] ...
1912
  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 Full...
DIE DREILINDEN, ESTATE OF THE SPENCERS   DIE DREILINDEN, ESTATE OF THE SPENCERS
The Dreilinden estate in Lucerne, Switzerland, was the property of the Spencer family. Also known as the 'Villa Vicovaro, it now houses the City's School of Music (Conservatoire). Miss Elise Lurette used to stay at the Dreilinden when she was working...
  ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE
The Hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. William Whiting (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1860, as a poem for a student about to sail for America. T...
MOHAWK BROCHURE 1   MOHAWK BROCHURE 1
"Attractive furnishings and bright interiors add to the popularity of salons and music rooms." "Day and night the keen eyes of the ship's officers are alert and watchful on the bridge."...
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  SONGE D'AUTOMNE
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 re...
1912
DIE DREILINDEN, PROPERTY OF THE SPENCERS   DIE DREILINDEN, PROPERTY OF THE SPENCERS
The Gardeners' Cottage...
MOHAWK BROCHURE 2   MOHAWK BROCHURE 2
"Handy reading lights, electric fans, hot and cold running water - you will look in vain for a stateroom that has more comforts than these." "Charting a course on the trackless sea call for a fine skill and accuracy." "The ship's o...
Gare Maritime
  NOW THE DAY IS OVER
The Hymn "Now the Day is Over" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Sabine Baring-Gould (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1865, and the tune “Merrial” was composed by Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)...
ORIZABA AND SIBONEY LOUNGE   ORIZABA AND SIBONEY LOUNGE
The Lounge and Music Room aboard the Siboney and Orizaba were refreshingly airy and uncluttered and-particularly in the window treatment in the central well- prefigured Art Deco by half a decade. However, to a generation conditioned to associate elegance with period design and an overabundance of furniture, the liners appeared less than Deluxe. ...
Gare Maritime
  TITANIC : IN PICTURES AND SOUND
This video contains a lot of (very old) pictures on Titanic, and even two short (original) films. It also contains pictures from the famous movie "Titanic" with Kate and Leonardo as actors. It's a monochrome film. ...
Brooklyn Daily Times JAMES CLINCH SMITH SAW MUCH HAPPINESS AHEAD
It is recalled that James Clinch Smith, whose name is on the list of those aboard the Titanic but not among those of the survivors, went abroad to the [sic] effect a reconciliation with is wife. She has been intensely interested in music, almost, it...
17th April 1912
  THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
The Titanic was a common subject for folk and blues singers in the 1920s and '30s. Artistes such as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Ernest V. Stoneham and Vernon Dalhart all recorded Titanic numbers. Most had a common theme and derivation ...
1927
Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate, and Cheriton Herald MR. WILLIAM PENNY
We regret to hear that Mr. William Penny, eldest son of Mrs. A. Penny, of 4, Waverley Villas, Cheriton Road, was among the victims in the catastrophe to the Titanic. Mr. Penny had been a medical steward in the service of the White Star Lin...
25th April 1912
The Violinist THE ORCHESTRA ON THE TITANIC
A review of Hume by people who knew him...
1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM MURAL   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : RITZ-CARLTON ROOM MURAL
To the right and left of the entrance to the Ritz-Carlton, two large fresco panels by Han Hulsbergen symbolize the coming and passing of day with excellently drawn classical figures. These paintings interpret the susceptibility of the room to chan...
Gare Maritime
Hampshire Observer WINCHESTER'S MELANCHOLY INTEREST
April 1912 Although there were no Winchester people so far as we have ascertained among the passengers on the Titanic, yet Winchester has a melancholy interest in the disaster, especially as it affects the ill-fated crew. Among the sec...
1912
MUNCHEN 1908 (BACK)   MUNCHEN 1908 (BACK)
Munchen. August 1908. Lee Schwabacher sends Herman Praetorius a friendly card, in which his apparent joke about Henry is obscured by a word I cannot decipher. "Munchen. Aug. 22, 1908. Your letter to ahnd, and we wre very much plased with same, and to learn that you were promoted and doing so (?) with your music. And I hope you play so well that Uncle Henry will not ruin it with his (?) Soon you will start back to school~ guess before we get home. Remember me to all at home. With lots of love which Uncle Henry joins me. Uncle Henry and Lee."...
Gare Maritime
Worcester Evening Gazette STILL PLAYING AS WATER CREEPS UP
New York, April 19- Mrs. John Murray Brown of Acton, Mass, who with her sister, Mrs. Robert C. Cornell and Mrs. E.D. Appleton, was saved, was in the last life-boat to get safely away from the Titanic. "The band played marching from dec...
20th April 1912
The Times REQUIEM MASS AT WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL
A Requiem Mass for the souls of those who lost their lives owing to the sinking of the Titanic was held in Westminster Cathedral yesterday morning. The clergy of the diocese have lost three of their members, the best known being Father By...
24th April 1912
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS SMOKING ROOM STATUE. 1938.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : TOURIST CLASS SMOKING ROOM STATUE. 1938.
Suriname Negro. This statue, and its mate, Suriname Negress, stood in the Tourist Class Smoking Room, prewar. The room, which served as the liner's Music Room on one-class cruises, was replaced by a new Cabin Class theatre postwar....
Gare Maritime
  LEAD KINDLY LIGHT
The Hymn "Lead Kindly Light" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Verses 1-3 were written in 1833 by John Henry Newman (1801-1890). While traveling in Italy as a young priest...
  THE LOST CHORD
Enrico Caruso the famous tenor was born in Naples in 1873 and made his debut there in 1895. His last performance was at the Metropolitan Opera House on Christmas Eve 1920 and he died the following year. On Monday, 29 April 1912 Caruso recorded thi...
29th April 1912
Bucks Free Press SERVICE HELD FOR REV ERNEST AND MRS CARTER
At the service held on Sunday evening by the Baptists, at the Town Hall, Penn-road, conducted by Mr F Saunders, of Seer Green (Ex-President of the Bucks Baptist Association), allusion was made to was made to the terrible catastrophe. The music ...
26th April 1912
  NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
This is a well recorded vocal version of Nearer My God to Thee to the tune Bethany (Mason). Listen to this 1902 recording of Nearer My God to Thee (Real Audio&...
1902
  OUR GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
(O God, Our Help in Ages Past) The Hymn "Our God, our help in ages past" was recalled by Colonel Archibald Gracie, as the last to be sung at the morning service, presided over by Ca...
The New York Times SINKING SHIP'S BAND CHOSE FITTING HYMN
"Hold Me Up in Mighty Waters," a Suggestive Line in "Autumn" WERE NOTED MUSICIANS Friends of the Titanic's Bandmaster Say He Believed In Music's Power t...
21st April 1912
Gloucester Citizen HODGES HENRY P. : GLOUCESTERIAN'S BROTHER UNLISTED WITH THE SAVED
[Photo] Among the Titanic victims was Mr. H. P. Hodges, of The Cotswolds, Highfield Lane, Southampton, who is an elder brother of Mr. R. Hodges, of Melcombe, Vicarage Road, Gloucester, one of the staff at Hatherley Road Council Schools...
17th April 1912
New York Times MRS. HOKAN STEFFANSON
Page 31, column 2 Mrs. Mary Eno Steffanson died last night at her home, 56 East Fifty-seventh Street, after an illness of several months. She was 71 years old. Mrs. Steffanson, daughter of the late John Chester Eno, was the...
14th December 1953
MOHAWK-SYMMES GATE   MOHAWK-SYMMES GATE
Gate erected by the Symmes family on the campus of Williams College, in memory of their son and the other Williams students lost aboard the Mohawk, along with Professsor Cleland. The left and right panes read, respectively: ...
Gare Maritime
New York Times GRAND DUKE AT NEWPORT
Czar's Brother-in-Law the Guest of Mrs. John Astor --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug.21---Grand Duke Alexander Mikailovitch, the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, arrived to-night from New York to v...
30th August 1913
Bowerchalke Parish Papers UNTITLED
Page 44. Extract:- More tragic was the death of Tom Kerley a chef on the ill-fated Titanic. His parents who worked on the Elliott's farm were very proud of their smart and popular son and especially of his progress to the largest and m...
24th April 1912
Washington Herald ARCHIE PUT ME IN A LIFEBOAT
Marie Young
Miss Marie Young, of Washington, Tells of Aid's Heroism and Calmness --- By MISS MARIE YOUNG --- Musical tutor to the younger children of former President Roosevelt. She had been studying music in Europe and was returning...
20th April 1912
New York Times PRESIDENT'S SON STAR AT RECITAL
Quentin Roosevelt, Miss Young's Pupil, Renders Three Numbers on the Piano --- [Two irrelevant subheadlines omitted.] --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 20---[Ei...
21st April 1907
  DER ROSENKAVALIER
This popular waltz by Strauss appears on repertoires for White Star Line Orchestras (#115). It is one of the pieces that musicians on ships like the Titanic would be expected to know by heart. This recording features bass violins. ...
1912
  DOWN WITH THE OLD CANOE
Dorsey Murdock Dixon (14 October 1897 - 17 April 1968) - Guitar, Vocals Howard Dixon (19 June 1903 - 24 March 1961) - Steel Guitar Dorsey Dixon and his younger brother Howard were born in the South Carolina mill town of Darli...
25th January 1938
  VIOLIN PLAYED AS TITANIC SUNK IN 1912 FINALLY DISCOVERED!
A new book to be published this week, The Band that Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic by Steve Turner, claims that the violin which band leader Wallace Hartley played as the Titanic sank in April 1912 survived, and may be offered for sale at the time of next year's centenary....
28th March 2011
Eastbourne Gazette MR. J. WESLEY WOODWARD
One of the best known among the hero musicians of the Titanic was Mr. J. Wesley Woodward, son of Mrs. Woodward, of The Firs, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford, who was one of the violoncelle players of the Duke of Devonshire's Eastbourne Orchestra. M...
24th April 1912
Liverpool Echo THE BRAVE BANDSMEN - A BELGIAN MEMORIAL
A movement has been started at Liege to commemorate, by a suitable and picturesque monument, the heroic behaviour of the band on board the Titanic. Of the eight members of the band, one, George Krins, was a young and most promising musician, born at ...
25th April 1912
Western Morning News UGBOROUGH MAN'S STORY
J. Horswell (sic), a sailor, residing in Southampton, said though he was now lodging at Southampton, he hailed from Ugborough. He acted as bowman in one of the emergency boats, and among the passengers with them were Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. ...
29th April 1912
THE BAND THAT PLAYED ON – REVIEW Titanic Review THE BAND THAT PLAYED ON – REVIEW
Senan Molony
Senan Molony reviews Steve Turner's new book about the musicians aboard the Titanic The Band that Played On...
3rd June 2011
New York Times COL. ASTOR'S FUNERAL
Services at Rhlnebeck To-day, but Burial in Trinity Cemetery Here --- RHINEBECK May 3---The funeral service of Col. John Jacob Astor will be held to-morrow at noon in the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, of which he was Warden for sixte...
4th May 1912
Birkenhead News AN ARGYLE THEATRE'S BANDSMAN AMONG THE TITANIC ORCHESTRA
One of those on board the Titanic and who it is feared is amongst those who have perished, is Mr. J. F. P. Clarke, formerly a member of the orchestra of the Argyle Theatre of Varieties. Mr. Clarke in his short time he played...
20th April 1912
New York Times AUDIENCE CHEERS ROSTRON
Carpathia's Captain and His Officers Get an Ovation at the Winter Garden --- New Yorkers had an opportunity last night to show the esteem in which Capt. Rostron and the other members of the ship's company of the Carpathia have been held...
31st May 1912
New York Times EDITH RUSSELL OBITUARY
Edith Russell, Writer, 98, Dead; Fled Titanic with Lucky Toy Pig...
6th May 1975
  FRIENDS FOR LIFE
Randy Bryan Bigham
Fifty-five year old Ella White, the wealthy widow of a Manhattan businessman, was short and stout with an outspoken, often brash personality. Her companion, Marie Grice Young, 36, tall, slim and soft-spoken, was a music teacher from Washington. The p...
Cleveland Plain Dealer BUTT A COURTIER TO DEATH, SAYS WOMAN
Washington, April 19 – A graphic story of the heroism of Maj. Archibald W. Butt on the Titanic was told today in an interview given by Miss Marie Young, a former resident of Washington. Miss Young is believed to have been the last woman to leave the ...
20th April 1912
ISMAY'S DREAM   ISMAY'S DREAM
Belfast musician records Titanic themed album...
29th September 2011
GEORGES KRINS - THE LOST MEMORIAL Titanic Research GEORGES KRINS - THE LOST MEMORIAL
Philippe Delaunoy
Some years ag...
25th May 2006
Unidentified Newspaper DUMFRIES TITANIC VICTIMS
Memorial unveiled on Dock Park. A very impressive ceremony, and one which attracted much public attention, took place on Saturday afternoon when the handsome memorial which has been erected on the Dock Park in honour of John Law Hume, ...
1912
Unidentified Newspaper OLE ABELSETH [OBITUARY]
Ole Abelseth, 94, of Hettinger, ND, a survivor of he sinking of the oceanliner Titanic, died Thursday, December 4, 1980 at the Hettinger Community Memorial Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Abelseth were held Monday, December 8, 1980, ...
1980
Worcester Telegram FUND FOR RELIEF OF MRS. ASPLUND AND HER CHILDREN IS GROWING SLOWLY
Money for the Worcester Titanic relief fund that is to be used for the financial assistance of Mrs. Charles Asplund and her two children who survived the Titanic disaster, in which her husband and three children were lost, is coming slowly to the rel...
30th April 1912
The Greenwich News MOORE-GRAHAM
SUMMER RESIDENTS IN LARGE NUMBERS ATTEND SOCIETY AFFAIR The wedding of Miss Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Graham of New York and Belle Haven, and Eugene Maxwell Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Moore...
14th June 1914
Eastbourne Gazette HERO MUSICIANS : SUGGESTED MEMORIAL TO MR. J. W. WOODWARD
The Titanic Disaster While the horror of the Titanic disaster is still fresh in the public mind, and the nation is contributing with an almost unexampled generosity to funds for the survivors and the families of the crew, would it not ...
1st May 1912
Arlington Advocate A W NEWELL OF LEXINGTON
Among the passengers were A. W. Newell, of 20 Percy road, Lexington, and two of his daughters, Misses Madeline and Marjorie. Mr. Newell is president of the Fourth National Bank of Boston, and is well known and widely acquainted in business circ...
20th April 1912
GOD MOVES ON THE WATER   GOD MOVES ON THE WATER
Blind Willie Johnson
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 his wife Angeline. During the depression rever...
11th December 1929
LEADBELLY : THE TITANIC   LEADBELLY : THE TITANIC
Huddie Ledbetter - Leadbelly
Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th...
15th October 1948
  ALFRED NOURNEY OBITUARY
Arne Mjĺland
Translated from German language by Arne Mjaland: He died 60 years after the Titanic. Tennis club lost honour member . On the April 15 1912 he experienced the most terrible night in his  life. In  February this ye...
18th November 1972
New York Times LOST TWO IN IROQUOIS FIRE
Daughters of Rescued Titanic Passenger Killed in Chicago Holocaust --- Special to The New York Times --- CHICAGO, Ill., April 16---Mrs. Ida S. Hippach, wife of L. A. Hippach, manufacturer, of 7,352 Sheridan Road, and Miss ...
17th April 1912
Washington Times NATION MAY RAISE GREAT MEMORIAL TO DISASTER'S HERO
Whole Country Likely to Be Asked to Contribute to Fund for Monument to Major Butt, Who Gave Life for Others --- An agitation has been started at the White House among the friends of Major Archibald Butt for the erection of a memorial mo...
20th April 1912
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JOHN WESLEY WOODWARD
Named on the Musicians Memorial at the Old Library site, London Road, Southampton. also named on the St Marys Church Musicians Memorial, St Marys, Southampton. also he is mentioned on a plaque in the lobby of the Boston ...
 

 
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