The Band That Played On (38 page)

“Disaster to
Titanic
on Her Maiden Voyage.”
Daily Sketch
, April 16, 1912.

“Funeral Service for
Titanic
Victims.”
Toronto Globe
, May 4, 1912.

“Band Leader’s Body.”
Leeds Mercury
, May 9, 1912.

“
Titanic
Band Leader’s Funeral.”
Leeds Mercury
, May 17, 1912.

“The
Titanic
’s Bandmaster.”
Daily Express
, May 18, 1912.

“
Titanic
Bandmaster Buried: 30,000 Mourn.”
New York Times
, May 19, 1912.

“
Titanic
’s Heroic Bandmaster.”
Leeds Mercury
, May 20, 1912.

“
Titanic
Bandmaster Buried.”
Daily Mirror
, May 20, 1912.

“The
Titanic
: Bandmaster’s Funeral.”
Wigan Examiner
, May 21, 1912.

“Funeral of Mr. Wallace Hartley.”
Colne & Nelson Times
, May 24, 1912.

“Find Joy in Stead’s Death.”
New York Times
, July 8, 1912.

Buttle, Cifford. “
Titanic
Victim Materialised Holding Crucifix.”
Psychic News
, May 14, 1955. “40,000 People Mourned a Famous Son.”
Colne Times
, January 26, 1962.

“
Titanic
Owners Wanted £20 for Bodies.”
Daily Telegraph
, February 24, 2002.

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13

Books

Conrad, Joseph.
Notes on Life and Letters
. London: Dent, 1921.

Eaton, John, and Charles Haas.
Titanic Triumph and Tragedy
. Wellingborough: Stephens, 1986.

Newspapers

“Memorial of
Titanic
Victims.”
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
, May 1, 1912.

“Memorial for
Titanic
Dead.”
Daily Gleaner
, Jamaica, May 2, 1912.

“Proposed Memorial to Dumfries
Titanic
Heroes.”
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
, May 4, 1912.

Shaw, George Bernard. “Some Unmentioned Morals.”
Daily News and Leader
, May 14, 1912.

“
Titanic
Bandsman’s Heroism: The Benefit Concert.”
Birkenhead News
, May 23, 1912.

French, E. B. “The
Titanic
and the Literary Commentator.”
Bookman
, June 1912.

“Wills and Bequests: Mr. Henry Wallace Hartley.”
The Times
, June 6, 1912.

“A.M.U.
Titanic
Convalescent Homes Fund.”
Musicians’ Report and Journal
, July 1912.

“
Titanic
Disaster Action Against Company.”
Cork Examiner
, November 2, 1912.

“Tablet to
Titanic
Heroes.”
New York Times
, November 4, 1912.

“The
Titanic
’s Bandsmen.”
Glasgow Herald
, November 16, 1912.

“Letter from C. W. & F. N. Black.”
Cork Examiner
, December 23, 1912.

“Why the Widows Receive No Insurance Money.”
Musicians’ Report and Journal
, December 1912.

“Tablet to
Titanic
Band.”
New York Times
, January 5, 1913.

“Memorial Unveiled at Southampton.”
Musicians’ Report and Journal
, May 1913.

“Dumfries
Titanic
Victims: Memorial Unveiled.”
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
, June 4, 1913.

“A Relief Fund Grant.”
Glasgow Herald
, November 19, 1913.

“Dumfries
Titanic
Claim.”
Glasgow Herald
, December 4, 1913.

Mary Catherine Costin v Andrew Hume, 1913. The National Archives of Scotland, CS 252/326.

“The
Titanic
Fund Case.”
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
, January 21 1914.

“
Titanic
Fund Case.”
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
, February 14, 1914.

“Memorial to the Late Mr. Wallace Hartley.”
Colne & Nelson Times
, February 19, 1915.

C
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Books

Pulsford, Rev. E. J.
Divine Providence and the
Titanic
Disaster
.

White, Alma.
The
Titanic
Tragedy: God Speaking to the Nations
. New Jersey: Pentecostal Union, 1913.

Newspapers

Van Dyke, Henry. “Women First.”
New York Times
, April 19, 1912.

“Many Creeds Pray for
Titanic
Dead.”
New York Times
, April 22, 1912.

“Rule Britannia.”
South London Observer
, April 24, 1912.

Chesterton, G. K. “Our Notebook.”
Illustrated London News
, April 27, 1912.

“Memorial Service for
Titanic
Dead.”
New York Times
, April 29, 1912.

“Dead of the
Titanic
Honoured in Church.”
New York Times
, April 14, 1913.

C
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Books

“Ruddygore”: A Booklet to Commemorate the Centenary of the First Performance
. London: Sir Arthur Sullivan Society, 1987.

Precognition Against Kate Hume for the Crime of Forgery
. National Archives of Scotland, AD/15/14/46.

Trial Papers Relating to Kate Hume for the Crime of Forgery
. December 28, 1914, National Archives of Scotland, JC26/1914/113.

Newspapers

“Action Against Dumfries Violinist.”
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
, August 9, 1913.

“Action Against a Music Teacher.”
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
, January 10, 1914.

“Action Against a Music Teacher.”
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
, January 28, 1914.

“Victim of Atrocity.”
Glasgow Citizen
, September 16, 1914.

“The Dumfries Atrocity Hoax.”
The Times
, December 29, 1914.

“The Atrocity Hoax.”
The Times
, December 30, 1914.

“
Titanic
Hero’s Father: Death of Mr Albion Hartley.”
Colne & Nelson Times
, January 9, 1934.

“Cherry Ward: Veteran Paris Based Freelance Journalist.”
Press Gazette
, July 9, 2004.

C
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Books

Morris, William Meredith.
British Violin Makers
. London: R. Scott, 1920.

Rattray, David.
Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making 1620–1850
. London: Royal Academy of Music, 1991.

Newspapers and Magazines

“Violinists at Home and Abroad.”
The Strad
, 1912, page 153.

“
Titanic
’s Bandmaster: Found with His Music Case Strapped to Him.”
Daily Sketch
, May 3, 1912.

“
Titanic
Violin Made for Wallace Hartley Plays in City.”
www.news.bbc.co.uk
, July 2, 2010.

“Wreck of the
Titanic
.”
Liverpool Daily Post
, July 2, 2010.

Sinclair, Fiona. “The
Titanic
Violin.”
www.thewreckoftheTitanic.com
.

N
OTES

Chapter 1

1
. There has never been agreement on the number of survivors nor on the number of passengers and crew aboard the
Titanic
. The lowest number of survivors usually mentioned is 705 and the greatest, 713. Five survivors are believed to have died on the
Carpathia
before reaching New York.

Chapter 2

1
. I am grateful to author Patrick Stenson for this information that he researched in 1984 on behalf of Walter Lord.

2
. Sharing the third floor of 14 Castle Street with C. W. & F. N. Black were four firms of architects, two merchants, two solicitors, a timber company, a quantity surveyor, and a shipbuilder.

3
. The crossing was made in 4 days, 19 hours, and 52 minutes. The average speed was 23.99 knots.

4
. After the sinking of the
Titanic
, it was thought best not to give the ship such a boastful name, and it was renamed the
Brittanic
. Launched in February 1914, it was sunk by a mine on November 21, 1916.

Chapter 4

1
. I am indebted to David Powner, the son of Laura Kelsall, for this family story.

2
.
“L’amour dans la soie
” is a quote from Balzac’s novel,
La Peau de Chagrin
, about the excesses of bourgeois materialism in which the main character, Raphael de Valentin, says he prefers love in silk as opposed to love in poverty.

Chapter 5

1
. “Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God” (Lev. 19:31). “There shall not be found with thee anyone that maketh his son or daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer. Or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer” (Deut. 18:10–11).

2
. Like Yeats they were interested in the thinking of Madame Blavatsky (1831– 1891) who attempted to synchronize elements of Hinduism, Buddhism, spiritualism, and the occult and was a cofounder of the Theosophical Society.

3
. William Ulick Tristan St. Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth, died March 9, 1909.

Chapter 6

1
. Jones was quite an entrepreneur. In 1884 he had made a name for himself as the first person to import bananas into Britain.

2
. John Wesley Woodward also played with the Eastbourne Municipal Orchestra at some point before taking up employment with the Duke of Devonshire.

3
. Emeric Hulme Beaman’s novels were
Ozmar the Mystic
(1896),
The Prince’s Diamond
(1898),
The Faith That Kills
(1899), and
The Experiment of Doctor Nevill
(1900).

4
. Simon Von Lier later changed his name to Herr Von Leer to appear German but was forced to become Van Lier when war started in 1914 and the Grand was assuring its patrons that “No German, Austrian, Turk, or Bulgarian (either naturalized or non-naturalized) is employed in any capacity in this hotel.”

Chapter 10

1
. No one can be certain how the accomodation was finally arranged but the original plans by Harland & Wolff indicated two cabins each capable of housing 5 musicians.

Chapter 11

1
. Lightoller’s comment was made some years later. The term “jazz” didn’t come into use for another two or three years after the
Titanic
sinking, although music that would later be described as jazz was already being played.

2
. The letters between Fred Vallance and Walter Lord are in the McQuitty-Lord Collection at the Caird Library, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

3
. “Nearer, My God, to Thee” first appeared in William Johnson Fox’s
Hymns and Anthems
(1841).

4
. In the 1943, 1953, and 1997 films all named
Titanic
, the musicians are portrayed playing “Nearer, My God, to Thee” to the Lowell Mason tune “Bethany.” In
A Night to Remember
(1958) it is set to the Church of England’s favored tune “Horbury.” The 1953 film wrongly showed the musicians playing brass.

Chapter 12

1
. It’s probable that the only reason Hume’s body wasn’t buried at sea as unidentified was because his bandsman’s uniform was mistaken for an officer’s uniform. Unidentified officers and first-class passengers were usually spared the indignity of being tossed back into the sea.

2
. Andrew Hume appears to have wrongly assumed that his son was the bandmaster on the
Titanic
. Even after Hartley’s funeral he persisted in this mistake.

3
. The sinking of troopship HMS
Birkenhead
off the coast of Cape Town in February 1852 was frequently alluded to in accounts of the behavior of the musicians on the
Titanic
. The soldiers didn’t play music as their ship went down, but they stood firm as women and children (the families of officers) were loaded into lifeboats. Out of 643 people on the ship, only 183 survived. The incident gave rise to the procedure of “women and children first” and the resolute behavior of the soldiers was referred to as “the
Birkenhead
Drill.” The story of the event was frequently used as an illustration of fortitude, duty, and selflessness and the British musicians would have been aware of it.

4
. A partial list of memorials and their original locations: The Orchestral Association, 13–14 Archer Street, London (July 17, 1912); Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (November 4, 1912); Parish Church, Southampton (January 3, 1913); Southampton Library, Southampton (April 19, 1913); St. Marks Parish Church, Dewsbury, Yorkshire; Dock Park, Dumfries, Scotland. In memory of John Law Hume, (May 31, 1913); Broken Hill, NSW, Australia (December 21, 1913); Grand Parade, Eastbourne. In memory of John Wesley Woodward (October 24, 1914); All Saints Church, Lime Walk, Headington, Oxfordshire. In memory of John Wesley Woodward; Albert Road, Colne, Lancashire. In memory of Wallace Hartley (February 17, 1915); Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts; Memorial Bandstand, Stuart Street, Ballaratt, Victoria, Australia (October 22, 1915); St. Michael Street School, Dumfries, Scotland. In memory of John Law Hume; rue de Donzy, Cosne-sur-Loire, France. In memory of Roger Bricoux (November 2, 2000); place Royale 21, Spa, Belgium. In memory of Georges Krins (September 14, 2002); Beacon Hall, Wavertree Road, Edge Hill, Liverpool. Additionally there are blue plaques on two homes formerly lived in by the Hartley family—90 Albert Road, Colne, Lancashire, and 48 West Park Street, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

Chapter 13

1
. Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1711–1786.

2
. Tomaso Eberle, 1727–1792.

Chapter 14

1
. The German-made 1943 film
Titanic
was similarly used to attack the immoral capitalism of Britain and America.

Chapter 15

1
. According to David Rattray of the Royal Academy of Music, the Guadagnini, if in good condition, could fetch £400,000 and a similarly well-preserved Eberle, between £100,000 and £140,000.