"“The ship’s orchestra of eight young men were standing knee deep in water playing.”"

"Despite the awfulness of what was happening, the backdrop was a scene of beauty: a clear sky, a bright moon, clearly …"

"There is not in history a more splendid and inspiring example of self-control, of self-sacrifice, of courage and of m…"

"It was 11:45 at night according to ship’s time when the Titanic grazed along the iceberg that would send it to the oc…"

"[Bandleader Hartley] apparently believed that music could be more powerful that physical force in bringing order to c…"

"In the last moments of the great ship’s doom, when all was plainly lost, when braver and hardier men might almost hav…"

"The story of their gallantry came to epitomize a spirit of courage, duty and self-sacrifice."

"The musicians had played on the deck as the ship went down. They had forfeited their lives for the sake of others. Th…"

"Shipwreck was an ever-present possibility in 1912."

"“I could hear the band playing a cheery sort of music. I don’t like jazz music as a rule, but I was glad to hear it t…"