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“The band played marching from deck to deck, and as the ship went under I could still hear the music.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 11

Music

“In the last moments of the great ship’s doom, when all was plainly lost, when braver and hardier men might almost have been excused for doing practically anything to save themselves, they stood responsive to their conductor’s baton and played a recessional tune.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 11

Men

“The musicians had played on the deck as the ship went down. They had forfeited their lives for the sake of others. They had played the tunes of hymns to induce a spirit of peace and calm. They were heroic.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 13

Peace

“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 that night. I think it helped us all.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 143

Music , Thinking , Help , Night

“As the screams in the water multiplied, another sound was heard, strong and clear at first, then fainter in the distance. It was the melody of the hymn “Nearer, My God, To Thee,” played by the string orchestra in the dining saloon.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 10

God , Strong , Water

“I shall never forget the sight of that beautiful boat as she went down, the orchestra playing to the last, the lights burning until they were extinguished by the waves. It sounds so unreal, like a scene on the stage.”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 152

Beauty , Light , Forgetting

““If any glory at all attaches to the awful tragedy of the sea about which the world is still talking, it circles round the heads of these heroic bandsmen who played the mighty vessel to its doom”

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 173

World , Sea

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

Steve Turner

Source: The Band That Played On (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 140

Men , Water