Titanic’s Valiant Musicians; Wallace Hartley and the Titanic Ship’s Orchestra

BY JACK KOPSTEIN   Introduction Countless books and articles have been written about one of the greatest maritime disasters in world history, the sinking of the Titanic on the evening of 15 April 1912. The White Star Line ship struck an iceberg and sank on it’s maiden voyage from Southampton to New York with a loss of two-thirds of the more than 2,200 people aboard, claiming …

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