Recordings
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| (1902) | 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®) 3.1... | 1902 | ||||
| (1912) | ORPHEUS This was a popular selection in the Edwardian period and very likely to have been played on the Titanic. In one of the films about the Titanic the ship's band is featured playing Orpheus... | 1912 | ||||
| (1911) | ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND This 1911 record made by the Victor Military Band is very well recorded and gives an idea of the fast pace the song used to be played at. This is one song that many survivors recall being played on the night of the sinking. In fact it is not r... | 1911 | ||||
| (1912) | SONGE D'AUTOMNE Songe d'Autmone (Dream of Autumn) was composed by Archibald Joyce (25 May 1873 - 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... | 1912 | ||||
| (1912) | 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 | ||||
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BBC News | (2008) | GOVERNMENT TRIED TO BLOCK TITANIC PLAY Documents from the BBC archive show how shipping firms and the government tried to block a 1947 radio play about the sinking of the Titanic.The liner's builders and shipping line were concerned it would damage the image of the industry as it tried to recover after the Second World War.Recordings of the ship's survivors and other archive material have been made public on the BBC website. ... | 15th April 2008 | ||
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(1912) | STAND TO YOUR POST / BE BRITISH Recorded in London May or June 1912 "Stand To Your Post" by Bennett Scott "Be British" by Lawrence Wright and Paul Pelham ... | June 1912 | |||
| (1927) | 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 | ||||
| (1929) | GOD MOVES ON THE WATER 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 reverted... | 11th December 1929 | ||||
| (1948) | THE TITANIC Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th... | 15th October 1948 | ||||
| (1938) | 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 Darlington. Th... | 25th January 1938 | ||||
| (1912) | 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 | ||||
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guardian.co.uk | (2009) | SINKING OF THE TITANIC: THE WATERY SOUND MEDITATION RETURNS Gavin Bryars's piece of 'conceptual art' music has been performed in a swimming pool and water tower by child violinists and an experimental DJ. It now comes to the Roundhouse Comments (1)The Sinking of the Titanic, whose latest incarnat... | 11th May 2009 | ||
