![]() ![]() He said the band was playing “Songe d”Automne” just before the Titanic went down. Conflicting testimony was given by Harold Bride, the Titanic’s radio operator who stayed on board as the ship actually sank. Vera Dick claimed she heard the band playing “Nearer My God To Thee” as her lifeboat sailed clear of the sinking vessel. To this day there is some confusion as to what the last song they played was. According to eyewitnesses violinist Wallace Hartley and other members of the Titanic’s small orchestra played a combination of dance tunes, rags, marches and popular songs as the ship went down. The sinking of the Titanic on Apmay be the only disaster that actually had a soundtrack while it was happening.
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