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The musicians of the Titanic were an octet orchestra who performed chamber music in the first class section aboard the ship. The group is notable for playing music, intending to calm the passengers for as long as they possibly could, during the ship's sinking in the early hours of April 15, 1912 in which all of the members perished.
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 did not survive the sinking.
Five days later, on 15 April 1912, the ship hit an iceberg and he and the other musicians famously continued to play as the Titanic sank. Their final tune was, according to some survivor accounts, "Nearer, My God, To Thee". All members of the band, including his friend Jock Hume, drowned, and the body of Wesley Woodward was never recovered.
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American film composer and conductor. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015.
4. Henry Clay Frick. Henry Clay Frick was the chairman of Carnegie Steele when the Titanic was built, so complimentary tickets were gifted to him and his wife.His wife sprained her ankle while ...
The public's fascination with the Titanic spans generations — and there's no question as to why. The $7.5 million (over $200 million today) luxury ocean liner was a representation of grandeur ...
She was joined by fellow Titanic survivor Millvina Dean. [7] That same year, Louise was present as the Titanic Historical Society dedicated a stone marker in Cherbourg commemorating Titanic passengers who sailed from its port. [8] Louise Laroche died on 28 January 1998 at the age of 87. At the time of her death only six Titanic survivors remained.
Titanic director James Cameron told ABC News he is “struck” by the similarities between the Titanic disaster and the Titan disaster, and warned people not to take deep submersion diving lightly.