Titanic A Voyage in Piano Music – Elementary – Print Book

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28 pages including cover and notes (22 pages of music)

Item number: ISMN: 979-09001414-5-3 / NK-P904

As a child I heard tales of the Titanic and its tragic maiden voyage; of the First, Second and Third Class passengers and their fates, of the opulence of the ship, the fanfare in the press, the brash claim that it was “unsinkable.” Then, how things went terribly wrong when someone decided to steam at top speed through the North Atlantic waters where icebergs lurked in the darkness. Each time the tale was told, the teller would shiver and muse about the biggest mystery of all. No one knew where the Titanic lay beneath the waves of the Atlantic.

I remember the excitement the day my schoolteacher announced that the Titanic had been discovered! With my classmates I pored over the National Geographic that compared black and white photographs of the ship before it departed with color photos of the submerged ghostly ship. Light lines streaming through murky water, rusticles spewing out, haunting, empty windows.

We were gripped with a fascination for the RMS Titanic. Our music teacher picked up on this and taught us to sing When That Great Ship Went Down. With gusto we sang the alternate lyrics, “Uncles and aunts, little children lost their pants, it was sad when that great ship went down!”

It is a story worth retelling. In this piano book you will find music that recounts the tale of the Titanic’s one and only voyage: original music that captures the mood of the day, numbers that were performed for passengers by the hired White Star Line musicians, popular music that would have been played by Third Class passengers who had their own instruments, and music that was bravely played as the ship was sinking. Let the Titanic story live on through piano music!

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Includes:

Farewell

That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune ~ Berlin arr. Maxner

Salut d’amour ~ Elgar arr. Maxner

The Merry Widow Waltz ~ Lehar arr. Maxner

Silver Heels ~ Moret arr. Maxner

In the Shadows ~ Finck arr. Maxner

Nearer My God To Thee ~ Mason arr. Maxner

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The Titanic Song ~ Traditional arr. Maxner

Today’s children know the story of the Titanic, the world’s most luxurious ocean liner. For the first time piano students can take part in the story first-hand by playing music that was heard on Titanic’s only voyage. The pieces have been chosen from passenger accounts, from the White Star Line’s official songbook, several will be recognized from the Titanic movies you have seen, and two are originals written in 1912 styles. All have been arranged to offer pieces students will love to learn, and to support pedagogical goals for their levels of playing.

Reviews:

“My student really loves the pieces in your Elementary Titanic book, especially Silver Heels! She learned the easier pieces last year, and enjoyed them too.” ~ Marilyn Hooper, MB.

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“My 9 year-old son LOVES the Titanic, so this is a perfect combination (great shipping disasters and music).” ~ Marjorie, ON

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“The pieces and arrangements which delightfully capture the mood of the day, combined with the historical anecdotes, provide a well-informed re-telling of the story of the Titanic through piano music.” ~ Barbara Long, The Quarter Note (NBRMTA quarterly), NB

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“I just had an amazing piano lesson!  This is one lesson I’d lost sleep over and prayed about for days in preparation! I taught an 11 yr old boy last year his first piano lessons. In April I suggested to his grandmother–who is raising him–that we take a break from lessons since he was very unresponsive and resisted all efforts for teaching. When grandma approached me in the summer about restarting lessons I was already worried. At his lesson tonight I had piles of books all around me, on hand for me to try anything that he might be interested in. I asked him if he knew anything about the Titanic. Yes! He immediately paged through the book and found “Nearer My God to Thee.” We spent the entire lesson learning that piece–chords, counting, fingering, the works! I prayed that the words of that old song would sink deep into his young, wounded heart! (I had to watch myself that the tears didn’t start flowing down my face!) May God truly be near to this young boy! Thanks Rebekah, for that book! I am so blessed by how God answered prayer for this one piano lesson! There are 34 more to go, but this first one was a miracle!” ~ Caroline, AB

Want to know more about the history of music on the Titanic?

Please visit my Titanic Piano blog!