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Poet and Peasant Overture | The White Star Line Quintet — An Evening’s Echoes

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From An Evening’s Echoes, the fifth album by The White Star Line Quintet. Overture from Poet and Peasant Franz von Suppé’s Poet and Peasant Overture dates from 1846 and became one of the most enduring light-classical concert pieces of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its mixture of dramatic opening passages, lyrical cello writing, and lively concluding material made it a natural favorite for orchestras, salon ensembles, and popular concert programs.

Land of Hope and Glory No. 1 | The White Star Line Quintet — An Evening’s Echoes

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From An Evening’s Echoes, the fifth album by The White Star Line Quintet. “Land of Hope and Glory No. 1” The famous trio from Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 became one of the best-known British melodies of the early twentieth century. With words by A. C. Benson, it soon became inseparable from Land of Hope and Glory.

Bethena | The White Star Line Quintet — An Evening’s Echoes

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From An Evening’s Echoes, the fifth album by The White Star Line Quintet. “Bethena” Published 1905 Arranged byJ. Kent Layton Scott Joplin’s Bethena: A Concert Waltz is one of the most graceful works of his career. Written in 1905, it combines the formal elegance of the waltz with the syncopated rhythmic language that made Joplin one of the defining figures of American ragtime.

An Evening’s Echoes | The White Star Line Quintet — Complete Album Premiere!

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AN EVENING’S ECHOES The White Star Line Quintet returns with a new collection of music from the world of Titanic and her era! Recorded in collaboration with HFX Studios and presented by The Steam & Splendor Network, "An Evening’s Echoes" brings together ten pieces spanning ragtime, light classical music, popular song, Viennese waltz, and musical theatre.

Topics: Bethena — Scott Joplin · Land of Hope and Glory — Edward Elgar · Overture from Poet and Peasant — Franz von Suppé · Roses From the South — Johann Strauss II · Fascination — Fermo Dante Marchetti / Maurice de Féraudy · Syncopation — Fritz Kreisler

What Time Was It Aboard Titanic?

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What time was it aboard Titanic? It sounds like a simple question. In reality, it is anything but. OR BUY US A CUP OF COFFEE During Titanic’s maiden voyage, the ship’s clocks were adjusted as she steamed westward across the Atlantic — but these changes were not simply a matter of passing through modern one-hour “time zones.” Shipboard time was intimately connected with navigation, longitude, local apparent time, and the daily work of Titanic’s officers.

Topics: Time Confusion · Titanic Time: A Matter of Time, Longitude & Navigation · How and When Were Titanic's Clocks Adjusted? · Magneta Clocks · Time Changes Throughout the Maiden Voyage · The Time Adjustment That Never Came

Lusitania: The Greyhound's Wake | A 15-Minute Ambient Journey

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Take a quiet journey into the world of RMS Lusitania. This 15-minute ambient presentation brings together some of our favorite new scenes from Lusitania: The Greyhound's Wake, along with several previously released views, accompanied only by relaxing atmospheric music. No narration—just the ship, her surroundings, and a glimpse of the world we're working to bring back to life.

Andrea Doria: Lost in the Mists! (70th Anniversary Commemorative)

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Guest: Andrea Doria

Andrea Doria: Lost in the Mists — The Final Voyage On the night of July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria was approaching the end of a routine westbound crossing when she entered dense fog south of Nantucket. Shortly afterward, she collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm.

How Did Titanic’s Grand Piano Reach the Wreck Site? | Part 2

31K views · 3mo ago · 29:23

For more than a century, the story of Titanic’s pianos -- especially of her single grand piano -- has been lost to history. In the second part of this special two-part investigation, maritime historians J. Kent Layton, Tad Fitch, and Thomas Lynskey link forensic evidence from the wreck site -- revealing the location of a number of critical artifacts for the first time.

Titanic's Lost Grand Piano Identified at the Wreck Site! | Part 1

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For more than a century, the story of Titanic’s pianos -- especially of her single grand piano -- has been lost to history. This episode also introduces Forensic Finds, a new series from The Steam & Splendor Network devoted to careful, evidence-led investigations of historic ships, their wreck sites, and the artifacts connected with them.