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NewsGavin Bryars raises the Titanic after 50 years
The double bassist and composer marks half a century since writing The Sinking of the Titanic with a performance at Kings Place
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NewsViolinist Thomas Füri, former director of Camerata Bern, dies aged 70
Füri died following a long illness the day after his 70th birthday
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NewsTitanic violin to go on display in two US museums in 2016
The instrument, thought to have been played by bandmaster Wallace Hartley as the ship went down, sold for a record sum in 2013
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NewsHollywood composer James Horner has died in a plane crash
The composer of scores to films including Titanic and Braveheart was piloting the small private jet
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ArticleAuction record: 'Titanic violin' fetches £900,000
The violin thought to have belonged to Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the group of players who famously played on as the lifeboats of RMS Titanic were being lowered into the sea, has sold at auction in Wiltshire for £900,000.The sale sets a new world record for the highest price ...
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FocusFrom the archive: a tribute to the band of the Titanic
This notice from The Strad, May 1912, salutes the eight musicians who famously continued playing as the lifeboats of the Titanic were lowered
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ArticleHospital CT scan reveals more on so-called 'Titanic violin'
A violin thought to have been played during the sinking of the RMS Titanic has undergone a hospital CT scan to determine its age and condition. The research, commissioned by auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son, showed that the instrument had been damaged and restored. Radiographer Astrid ...