The violinist once said if the Titanic were to ever sink, that was the song he wanted to play
Nearer My God To Thee was the last song played on the Titanic before she sunked
Nearer my god to thee.
In the movie, the last song they played was "Nearer My God to Thee." I don't know if that was the last song the actual band played or not.
No particular song, they were just playing ragtime tunes until they could no longer stand upright, to keep the passenger's spirits up. The story that they were playing 'Nearer, My God To Thee' or the hymn 'Autumn' is a myth- they weren't.
the song the orchestra played when the ship went down was "Nearer my God to thee" in the films, however nobody will ever know what the very last song played was as nobody onboard survived during the final stage or, sadly, if it was even finished. god bless
It's not entirely clear what the final song actually was. Most of the survivors reported hearing the band play "Nearer my God to Thee," a hymn which would have certainly been appropriate for the final moments of a sinking ship. Yet, at the time, the hymn was played to several different melodies. The British would have recognized the "Horbury" melody as "Nearer my God to Thee," while the Americans would have recognized the "Bethany" melody, and yet both British and American survivors reported hearing "Nearer My God to Thee" as the final song. Titanic's junior wireless operateor Harold Bride told the New York Times, while aboard the rescue ship Carpathia soon after the catastrophe, that the final song was "Autumn," likely referencing the popular waltz at the time "Songe d'Automne."
The last song the string quartet plays is called "Nearer, My God, to Thee".
For as long as they could, yes - many survivors remarked on the brave men playing to keep the passengers calm. Stories of their last song being "Nearer My God To Thee" or any other song are regarded by most researchers as being "embellishments". It is not known what the last song they played was. They all went down with the ship.
The phrase "Nearer, My God, to Thee" is actually the title of a 19th-century Christian hymn. It was written by Sarah Flower Adams. This song was played in the movie "Titanic" when the ship was sinking.
It's Nearer My God to Thee by Church LDS hymns.
Nearer My God to Thee was written by Sarah Flower Adams in the 1800s. The hymn was inspired by the Bible passage Genesis 28:11-19. This hymn is famous for the likely untrue story that it was the final song the Titanic's band played as the ship sank.
nearer my God to thee by James Horner