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Let’s see. There was one bassist. Three cellists. Three violinists. And one pianist. Yeah, that about covers it. An eight-piece ensemble that started out, in second class, as a three-piece ensemble and a five-piece ensemble.Second class were their accommodations. Not their character or talent.
Yeah, these were the kind of classy musicians who played for teatime gatherings. And other sort of hoity toity concerts in venues such as the À La Carte Restaurant and the Café Parisien.
I doubt you’ll recognize any of their names even though they’re famous.
- William Brailey
- Roger Bricoux
- John Clarke
- Wallace Hartley
- Jock Hume
- Georges Krins
- Percy Taylor
- John Wesley Woodward
They all played their last gig on the same night. And now you might be starting to recognize I’m talking about the musicians who played while the Titanic sank.
According to reports I’ve read, only one of their bodies was recovered. The rest were lost in that cold northern Atlantic ocean water in the wee mornin’ hours of April 15, 1912. But they were all considered to be heroes because they played almost to the very end so people would stay calmer.
Can you imagine a rap group or heavy metal band able to do that?
Of course, they could in a Hollywood movie. Because Hollywood loves to portray the most despicable characters as the ones with the hearts of gold.
But real life is real. And rap and metal don’t calm nerves. Quite the opposite, actually. And more often than not, the “musicians” from those genres would have no interests above their own.
Classical music, on the other hand, appeals to the deeper emotional sections of your brain and heart. Maybe that’s because wooden, stringed instruments do a better job of tugging at your heartstrings. And maybe because melodies that flow from those instruments do more than just repeat a beat and a vowel.
OK, I fully admit I have a musical bias. And I believe some genres don’t even rate seventh class status. Much less second class. But it’s because I want music to do what only music can do best.
And that’s to talk to you without words.
Speak to your soul. And connect you with the inventor of music.
Music is the nearest we can come (for now) to hearing the voice of God. But I don’t believe that stuff that demeans women, propagates violence, and is infused with profanity is music. And I sure wish everyone would stop listening to it so we might have a better chance of more survivors on this Titanic planet of ours.
Support musicians who trust and talk about Jesus. I know that sounds a bit self-serving. But I certainly don’t mean you have to support me. Just be mindful of what goes in your ears. Because, if faith comes by hearing, then it’s pretty important what you hear.
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