Songe d'Automne (Archibald Joyce) Played by The Mayfair Orchestra

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  • Songe d'Automne (Archibald Joyce) Played by The Mayfair Orchestra
    Recorded by The Gramophone Company (HMV) in London, 8 November
    1911.
    HMV Catalogue Nr. 0737
    Matrix ac5717
    The Mayfair Orchestra was a studio orchestra of the Gramophone Company that recorded beteween 1911 and 1920. They recorded a large variety of music that encompassed light orchestral, dance, ragtime and waltzes. The music was of a very high standard and they were directed by the best conductors and arrangers of the day.
    Songe d'Automne (Dream of Autumn) was written by Archibald Joyce (1873-1963) in 1908. Joyce became known as the "english waltz king" for this piece and others and it has been said that Songe d'Autumn was the last music played on the Titanic. It was certainly amongst the repertoire of the White Star Line orchestra on that ill fated and tragic journey in April 1912.
    Recorded from an original 78 in my personal collection.

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  • @Valley_Vr
    @Valley_Vr Рік тому +16

    This song shall be a remembrance to all the engineers passengers band and crew who all lost there lives in the icy and negative waters in the north Atlantic ocean on the RMS Titanic. May all their souls rest in peace

  • @sarnikoff
    @sarnikoff Рік тому +2

    Me revoilà replongé dans le grésillement des glaçons .... qui en l' approche de l' hiver n' a pas oublié de me générer des frissons me conduisant jusqu' à la terreur d' un nouveau COVID.
    NB: Ce qui là ... me conduit à la nostalgie ... "chanson d' automne" ... (déjà dans mon répertoire l' année dernière ...)

  • @robertmwoodley1502
    @robertmwoodley1502 Рік тому +15

    This waltz and Nearer my God to thee are the two musical pieces played by the band on Titanic before she sank. There is debate as to which was last but surely once the end was in sight the band would have switched to the hymn from this bittersweet dance.

    • @playedon78
      @playedon78  Рік тому +4

      Yes, there is enduring duscussion on this point, as i alluded to in the description. It is a lovely piece and somewhat fitting to the sadness of the event.

    • @gabzeswone8049
      @gabzeswone8049 Рік тому +1

      I think “Vision of Salome” falls into place near the last song played
      It is another slow waltz by Archibald Joyce

  • @Fishycheese99
    @Fishycheese99 Рік тому +6

    Whenever I hear this recording I think of it over En Nacht Und Eis.

    • @playedon78
      @playedon78  Рік тому

      Thanks for the hint; I had never seen this film before but it is on UA-cam!

    • @Fishycheese99
      @Fishycheese99 Рік тому +3

      @@playedon78 yeah! Is was among the first made of the disaster! Unfortunately the very first movie, Saved from the Titanic, was lost in a fire. It starred a real Titanic survivor Dorothy Gibson!

  • @sodality3970
    @sodality3970 2 роки тому +7

    Beautiful..thank you , Martin . I have many 78 rpm records but this one is unique .

    • @playedon78
      @playedon78  2 роки тому +6

      Thank you for your kind comment. It seems many others agree with you as this has by far and away the highest number of views of all my uploads.

  • @vintagesounds3878
    @vintagesounds3878 3 роки тому +5

    I don't think I've ever seen a single-sided version of a Mayfair Orchestra title - which I suppose really doesn't matter. A very pleasant disc. Thanks!

  • @FreakingFantasticFilms
    @FreakingFantasticFilms 7 місяців тому +2

    “The Titanic She Was Beautiful, Smoke Was Rushing Out of Her Funnels I Swam With All My Might, The Band Was Still Playing And I Guess They All Went Down They Were Play Autumn Then”
    -Harold Bride
    Titanic’s Junior Wireless Operator.
    John Phillips Was His Chief. He Perished

    • @playedon78
      @playedon78  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you, thats interesting information I hadn't read before!

  • @DeltaXK144
    @DeltaXK144 9 місяців тому +5

    Listening to this is really depressing, it’s like the Titanic is mourning its own death, like a death cry of sorts.

    • @playedon78
      @playedon78  9 місяців тому +3

      Well I guess that depends on how you look at it. Prior to the tragic sinking you could think of it as a beautiful musical representation of a season of the year. after the sinking, it does seem a distant and bittersweet memory. In the few short years ahead, the world would be plunged into an even bigger tragedy that millions would fall victim to. I prefer to think of it as a joyful memory of another, perhaps more innocent time. Thank you for your comment.

  • @quantumtarantella
    @quantumtarantella 2 місяці тому +1

    Дэн Крылов?

  • @PlushPineapple
    @PlushPineapple Рік тому +2

    Why is the seed of an avocado do big?

    • @playedon78
      @playedon78  11 місяців тому +3

      I have a seed from a bicycle tree. Plant it in some dirt and it will sprout bicycles and make you millions!

    • @PlushPineapple
      @PlushPineapple 11 місяців тому +1

      @@playedon78 is not available I can be in a new year is coming from you in a few more questions I will U be able and interested I can do it after Christmas's I have every intention of Prussia Germanic Polish Lithuanian I have yej I have every intention of school and the proof thanks alot

  • @ASTER-IX
    @ASTER-IX 2 роки тому +3

    does any people know what dog is in that picture?

    • @playedon78
      @playedon78  2 роки тому +4

      A fox terrier, mixed breed

    • @ASTER-IX
      @ASTER-IX 2 роки тому +2

      @@playedon78 Thanks my man!

    • @solomon525
      @solomon525 2 роки тому +7

      Its name was Nipper
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipper

    • @fishwithlightbulb1064
      @fishwithlightbulb1064 Рік тому

      @@solomon525 jesus christ I missread that badly...

    • @solomon525
      @solomon525 Рік тому +2

      @@fishwithlightbulb1064 Woah. It’s not like that😳