Titanic’s Musical Repertoire

The amenities on the Titanic rivaled the finest hotels of the day. The White Star Line contracted eight musicians to provide pleasant musical accompaniment throughout the day and evening as passengers enjoyed their time at sea. In most cases, these eight musicians formed a quintet and a trio to cover various areas of first- and second-class. Third-class passengers created their own music with personal instruments, playing in the General Room and common areas in third-class.

Below is a repertoire list provided by the courtesy of Encyclopedia Titanica which contains many pieces played by the Ship’s orchestra aboard the Titanic.

Overtures

1            Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Rossini

2            Zampa – Herold

3            Semiramide – Rossini

4            La Gazza ladra – Rossini

5            Muta di Portici – Auber

6            Italiana in Algeri – Rossini

7            Tancredi – Rossini

8            Guglielmo Tell – Rossini

9            Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna – Suppè

10         Pique Dame – Suppè

11         Poet and Peasant – Suppè

12         Raymond – A. Thomas

13         Martha – Flotow

14         Agnes – F. Paer

15         The Bohemian Girl – Balfe

Selections

16         The Sunny South – Lampe

17         The Night Birds – Johann Strauss

18         The Siren – Fall

19         The Spring Maid – Reinhardt

20         The Pink Lady – Caryll

21         The Chocolate Soldier – O. Strauss

22         The Count of Luxembourg – Lehar

23         Peggy – Stuart

24         The Quaker Girl – Monckton

25         The Girl in the Train – Leo Fall

26         Madame Sherry – K. Hoschna

27         Samson and Delilah – St. Saens

28         Cadix – Valverde

29         Aïda – Verdi

30         Thaïs – Massanet

31         Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni

32         Mignon – Thomas

33         Un Ballo in Maschera – Verdi

34         Pagliacci – Leoncavallo

35         Orphee Aux Enfers – Offenbach

36         Madam Butterfly – Puccini

37         The Dollar Princess – Leo Fall

38         A Waltz Dream – O. Straus

39         Miss Hook of Holland – Rubens

40         The Merry Widow – Lehar

41         Our Miss Gibbs  – Monckton

42         The Arcadians – Monckton

43         The Belle of Brittany – Talbot

44         Havana – Stuart

45         Dear Little Denmark – Rubens

46         The Fair Co-ed – Luder

47         The Grand Mogul – Luder

48         The Gay Musician – Julian Edward

49         A Trip to Japan  – Klein

50         His Honour the Mayor – Julian Edward

51         The Red Mill – V. Herbert

52         The Prima Donna – V. Herbert

53         The Three Twins – Karl Hoschna

54         The Prince of Pilsen – Luder

55         It Happened in Nordland – V. Herbert

56         Neptune’s Daughter – V. Herbert

57         Faust -Gounod

58         Carmen – Bizet

59         Il Trovatore – Verdi

60         Rigoletto – Verdi

61         La Traviata – Verdi

62         Tosca – Puccini

63         La Bohéme – Puccini

64         The Mikado – Sullivan

65         Pirates of Penzance – Sullivan

66         Iolanthe – Sullivan

67         A Princess of Kensington – E. German

68         Merrie England – E. German

69         Tom Jones – E. German

70         Manon Lescaut  – Puccini

71         Les Contes D’Hoffman – Offenbach

72         Mefistofele – Boito

73         Tannhauser – Wagner

74         Lohengrin – Wagner

75         Haddon Hall – Sullivan

76         The Gondoliers – Sullivan

77         Recollections of Gounod – Godfrey

78         Sullivan’s Melodies – Godfrey

79         San Toy – Jones

80         Geisha – Jones

Suites, Fantasies, etc.

81         Casse-Noisette – Tschaikovski

82         Peer Gynt – Grieg

83         Ballet Russe – Luigini

84         Sylvia – Delibes

85         Faust – Gounod

86         Ballet Egyptien – Luigini

87         Suite Enfantine – Lardelli

88         Three Dances: “Henry VIII” – E. German

89         Three Dances : “Nell Gwyn” – E. German

90         Three Dances : “Tom Jones” – E. German

91         The Rose – Myddleton

92         The Thistle – Myddleton

93         The Shamrock – Myddleton

94         American National Airs – Tobani

95         Plantation Songs – Clutsam

96         Canadian Songs – Retford

97         Tosti’s Popular Songs – Godfrey

98         Popular Songs – S. Adams

99         Life on the Ocean Wave – Binding

National Anthems, Hymns &c., of all Nations

Waltzes

100       Passing of Salome – Joyce

101       Nydia – Windeatt

102       Phryne – Zulueta

103       The Quaker Girl –  Monckton

104       A Thousand Kisses – Joyce

105       Dreaming – Joyce

106       Saints and Sinners – Davson

107       Decembre – Godin

108       The Eternal Waltz – Fall

109       Barcarolle – Fetras

110       Midsummer’s Eve – Courtenay

111       Sweet Memories – Joyce

112       Boating – Joyce

113       Elysian Hours – Fucik

114       Sonia – Zulueta

115       Rosenkavalier – Strauss

116       Vagues Dorees – Virgo

117       Vision d’Amour – Joyce

118       La Jolie Fille d’Amour – Christine

119       Bébé – Vessy

120       Regrets – Wade

121       Sweet Thoughts – Wurm

122       Rendezvous – Zulueta

123       Chant d’Hier – Hughes

124       Count of Luxembourg – Lehar

125       Love and Life in Holland – Joyce

126       The Druid’s Prayer – Davson

127       Vision of Salome – Joyce

128       Remembrance – Joyce

129       Beautiful Spring – Lincke

130       Wedding Dance – Lincke

131       Comedie d’Amour – G. Colin

132       Valse Septembre – F. Godwin

133       Mondaine – Bosc

134       Réve d’Artiste – Bosc

135       Swing Song – Hollaender

136       Sphinx – Popy

137       Songe d’Automne – Joyce

138       La Lettre de Manon – Giliet

139       Verschmähte Liebe – P. Lincke

140       Lysistrata – P. Lincke

141       Lunas – P. Lincke

142       L’Heure Suprême – A. Lotter

143       Rouge et Noir – A. Lotter

144       Sans-Souci – Von Blon

145       Sizilietta – Von Blon

146       Gold and Silver – Lehar

147       A Waltz Dream  – O. Straus

148       The Merry Widow – Lehar

And other Gung’l Waltzes, Strauss Waltzes, Walteufel Waltzes

Sacred Music

149       Selections from Elijah – Mendelsohn

150       The Cross of Calvary – Gounod

151       Stabat Mater – Rossini

152       The Messiah – Handel

153       Song – For all Eternity     Mascheroni

154       Ave Maria – Mascheroni

155       War March of the Priests – Mendelsohn

156       March of the Israelites – Costa

Entr’actes, Intermezzos, etc.

157       Colombe – Gounod

158       Edna – Carl Andrè

159       O Sole Mio – Capua

160       Pirouette – Finck

161       Toinette – R. Phillips

162       Romance in E – O. Diver

163       Gavotte Richelieu – R. Phillips

164       La Belle Tarentine – A. Scassola

165       Pastorale – E. Mathe

166       Meditation – A. Scassola

167       Ecoutez cette histoire – G. Razigade

168       Aubade à la Fiance – F. Volpatti (Junr.)

169       La Violinista – G. Maroucci

170       Envolee – F. Volpatti (Junr.)

171       Pavane  – A. Scassola

172       Ma Blonde Aimee – F. Volpatti (Junr.)

173       Violetta – J.E. Peilgen

174       In the Shadows  – Finck

175       Ave Maria – Gounod

176       Angel’s Serenade – Braga

177       Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore – Verdi

178       Apple Blossoms – Roberts

179       Amaryllis – Ghys

180       Cavalieria Rusticana, Intermezzo – Mascagni

181       Entre Act Gavotte from Mignon – Thomas

182       Fifth Hungarian Dance – Brahms

183       First Heart Throbs – Eilenberg

184       Flower Song – Lange

185       La Morsaria – Morse

186       La Paloma. – Yradier

187       Loin Du Bal – Gillett

188       Love’s Dream after the Ball – Czibulka

189       Marguerite Waltzes from Faust – Gounod

190       Minuet – Paderewski

191       Pizzacato Polka – Strauss

192       Prize Song from Die Meistersinger – Wagner

193       Serenade – Schubert

194       Sextette from Lucia – Donizetti

195       Simple Aveu – Thome

196       Spring Song – Mendelsohn

197       Turkish Patrol – Michaelis

198       Traumerei – Schumann

199       Zallah – Loraine

200       Anitra’s Dance – Grieg

201       Amaranthus – Gilder

202       Barcarolle, Tales of Hoffmann – Offenbach

203       Berceuse from Jocelyn – Godard

204       Calm as the Night – Bohm

205       Confidence – Mendelsohn

206       Entre Acte – Gillet

207       Star of Eve, from Tannhauser – Wagner

208       Guardmount Patrol – Eilenberg

209       Flatterer, The – Chaminade

210       Funeral March of a Marionette – Gounod

211       Hungarian Dance No. 2 – Brahms

212       Intermezzo Russe – Franke

213       Kaiser Frederic March – Friedman

214       Largo – Handel

215       Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 – Chopin

216       Panquita, Danza Mexicana – Robyn

217       Pizzicati from Sylvia – Delibes

218       Ouartette from Rigoletto – Verdi

219       Rakoczy, Hungarian March – Liszr

220       Scarf Dance – Chaminade

221       Serenade – Pierne

222       Song without Words – Tschaikovski

223       Spanish Dance No.1 – Moszkowski

224       Stephanie Gavotte – Czibulka

225       Czardas (No.1) – Michiels

226       No.2 – Michiels

227       No.3 – Michiels

228       No.4 – Michiels

229       No.5 – Michiels

230       No.6 – Michiels

231       Husheen – Needham

232       Pantins Vivants – Leoncavallo

233       Violets – Ellen Wright

234       L’Extase – Thomé

235       Andante – Religioso – Thomé

236       The Rosary – Nevin

237       Humoreske – Dvorak

238       Dreams – Wagner

239       Agnus Dei – Bizet

240       I Love Thee – Grieg

241       None but the Weary Heart – Tschaikovski

242       La Gitanette – Valverde

243       La Tzigane – Ganne

244       La Czarine – Ganne

245       Danse du Paraquay – Valverde

246       Amina – Lincke

247       Awakening of Love – Lotter

248       Miss Antique – Trinkaus

249       Glow Worm – Lincke

250       Hearts and Flowers – Tobani

251       Forget-me-not – Macbeth

252       Anona – V. Grey

253       Serenade d’Amour – Von Blon

254       Th e Gondolier – Powell

255       Andante Cantabile – Tschaikovski

256       Narcissus – Nevin

257       Liebestraum – Von Blon

258       La Berceuse – Gounod

259       Melody in F – Rubinstein

260       Salut d’Amour – Elgar

261       Blumengeflüster – Von Blon

262       Menuet – Boccherini

263       Cavatina – Raff

264       Poppies – N. Moret

265       Eventide W. H. – W. H. Myddleton

266       Gavotte … “Herz an Herz” – Lattan

267       Traum de Sennerin – Labitzky

268       On the Banks of Allan Water – E. Jones

269       Malena – M. Ellis

270       The Teddy Bear’s Picnic – J. W. Bratton

271       Alfresco – Victor Herbert

272       Captain Cupid – J.W. Bratton

273       In a Pagoda – J.W. Bratton

274       Araby – Al. Johns

275       Salome – Lorrainè

276       In a Lotus Field – W. Bratton

277       The Whistler and his Dog – Pryor

278       Spangles – J. W. Bratton

279       Roses and Memories – Snyder

Marches, Cake Walks, etc.

280       Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin

281       Ginger – Wurm

282       Ghosts – Penso

283       Red Pepper – Lodge

284       Red Wing – L’Estrange

285       Interruptions – Godin

286       Gnats – Roger Eckersley

287       Niggle’s Birthday – Lincke

288       L’Amour Qui Rit – Christine

289       Mosquitos Parade – Whitney

290       Ma Dusky Maid – Smith

291       Policeman’s Holiday – Ewing

292       Bohemian Ladies – Fall

293       The Bogey Walk – Gallaty

294       Paddling Puddles – Dix

295       Flamingo – Marion Arlington

296       Buffalo Bill’s Farewell – Wm. Sweeney

297       Pearl Feather – Amelia Scott

298       Kwang Hsu – Lincke

299       Siamese Patrol – Lincke

300       The Ladybird’s Review – Moret

301       The Coo-s’ Patrol – Lotter

302       The Cadet – Haines

303       Buy Jingo – Thurban

304       Paris à New York – Detrain

305       Strauss  – Mezzocapo

306       A Bunch of Roses – Chapi

307       Cherries – Cremieux

308       The Baby Parade – Pryor

309       Marche de Madrid – Valverde

310       Le Prophêté – Meyerbeer

311       Tannhauser – Wagner

312       Pomp and Circumstance, No.1 – Elgar

313       No.2 – Elgar

314       No.4 – Elgar

315       Marche Algérienne – Bosc

316       Le Pere La Victorie – Ganne

317       The Peace Maker – Lotter

318       The Light Horse – Von Blon

319       With the British Colours – F. Von Blon

320       Rakoczy – S.V. Balfour

321       Le Regiment Favori – D. Ertl

322       Castaldo – R. Noveck

323       Under the Double Eagle – F. Wagner

324       The Last Stand – W.H.Myddelton

325       Through Night to Light – E. Lankien

326       Sounds of Peace – Von Blon

327       Viscount Nelson – W. Zehle

328       Manuella – Lotter

329       Entry of the Gladiators – Fucêk

330       La Petite Tonkinoise – Scotto and Christine

331       Hobomoko – Reeves

332       Yankee Grit – Holzmann

333       Berliner Lüft – Lincke

334       Hail, Spirit of Liberty! – Lincke

335       Hands Across the Sea – Lincke

336       The Bride Elect – Lincke

337       The Invincible Eagle – Lincke

338       The Charlatan – Lincke

339       Stars and Stripes for Ever – Lincke

340       El Capitan – Lincke

341       Manhattan Beach – Sousa

And other Waldteufel Polkas

Learn more by visiting Encyclopedia Titanica.