Many survivors remembered that the Titanic’s eight musicians played the hymn “Nearer My God to Thee” immediately before the ship sank. The hymn became a popular theme on Titanic memorial postcards. None of the musicians survived.
Fire and Ice: Titanic Mourning Postcard, 1912
Photo: Courtesy Dr. Edward and Joanne Dauer
Many survivors remembered that the Titanic’s eight musicians played the hymn “Nearer My God to Thee” immediately before the ship sank. The hymn became a popular theme on Titanic memorial postcards. None of the musicians survived.