Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.12001 Composed by Harold Jones. Wreaths, Disasters, Shipwrecks, Courage. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.12001). The Band Played Nearer My God To Thee as the Ship Went Down. Words by Mark Beam. Music by Harold Jones. Published 1912 by Joe Morris Music Co., 130 West 37th St. in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Wreaths, Disasters, Shipwrecks, Courage. First line reads On a peaceful night thro' the starlight bright, there a good ship plowed her way.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.
