bandleader

A New Hampshire auction house is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic by offering more than 180 pieces of memorabilia from the maritime tragedy, including a letter from the bandleader who chose to play on as the ship sank. Wallace Hartley wrote home to his parents in...

I would like to know if there is general agreement now that Wallace Hartley and the Titanic's band did play "Nearer My God to Thee" on the Titanic before it went down. My belief is that since the revelation (I'm not sure how recently) that Hartley had told someone prior to the voyage that he...