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Cause of death. Sinking of the Titanic. Occupations. Violinist. bandleader. Wallace Henry Hartley (2 June 1878 – 15 April 1912) was an English violinist and bandleader on the Titanic during its maiden voyage. He became famous for leading the eight-member band as the ship sank on 15 April 1912. He and the rest of the band died.
Harry Chapin's album Dance Band on the Titanic (1977) is dedicated to the Titanic's ensembles and contains a song titled "Dance Band on the Titanic" The album Titanic: Music As Heard On The Fateful Voyage (1997), [ 56 ] by Ian Whitcomb and the White Star Orchestra, recreates songs played aboard the Titanic the night the ship foundered , and ...
I Salonisti. I Salonisti is a chamber music ensemble, best known for portraying and performing as the band on the RMS Titanic in James Cameron 's 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. Founded in 1981 with the idea of specialising in "salon" music (background music played for passengers in ocean liners), [ 1 ] I Salonisti performs both serious and ...
The Titanic Musicians' Memorial is a memorial in Southampton, United Kingdom, to the musicians who died in the RMS Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912. The original Titanic Musicians' Memorial was unveiled by the Mayor of Southampton, H Bowyer on 19 April 1913, and was located in the old Southampton library. This library along with the memorial ...
The eight members of Titanic 's band. One of the most famous stories regarding the Titanic is that of the ship's band. On 15 April, the eight-member band, led by Wallace Hartley, had assembled in the first-class lounge in an effort to keep passengers calm and upbeat. Later they moved on to the forward half of the boat deck.
[32] Eva Hart also claimed "Nearer, My God, to Thee" was the last tune the band played. She said: "The band played one version of 'Nearer My God to Thee' of which there are three and the one they played was the one that was played in church." [33] "Nearer, My God, to Thee" was sung by the doomed crew and passengers of the SS Valencia as it sank ...
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture became the highest-selling primarily orchestral film score in history, with worldwide sales surpassing 30 million copies. The soundtrack quickly moved up the US Billboard 200, going from number eleven to number one on the chart in January 1998, keeping Shania Twain's Come On Over and Madonna's Ray of Light ...
As most of the passengers and crew headed to the stern, where the priest Thomas Byles, a second-class passenger, was hearing confessions and giving absolutions, Titanic ' s band played outside the gymnasium. [152] Titanic had two separate bands of musicians.