''Titanic Symphony'', the third

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composed by

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, is based on the sinking of the . It is a four-movement piece for orchestra that begins with the ship leaving the dock on her maiden voyage. Its last movement describes the ship's sinking. Because Kastle felt the sea's rhythm was vital to the piece's creation, he composed it on Venice Beach, where he lived in the late 1980s.

Movements

# Her Maiden Voyage # And the band played on... # Ida's Love Theme # The Sinking

Performances

The

was premiered on November 6, 1999 at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center with Kastle

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the orchestra. He recorded “Ida’s Love Theme” as a solo piece for piano on his

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album in 1992, and performed the piano arrangement of the third

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on a national tour with

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References

External links

Titanic Symphony listening segments and liner notes
Kastle 1999 compositions Songs about the RMS Titanic