Technically still a week away from the start of autumn, but the days are shortening, temperatures are crisp this morning, and the crickets are already finding their way in.

Here is “Valse Septembre” by Felix Godin, really the nom de plume of a less continental-sounding Herbert Albert Brown. The work, a light waltz composed in 1909, gained notoriety for its inclusion in the White Star Line Songbook. This is the volume that was drawn upon by Wallace Henry Hartley and his eight-member band – the band that “played on,” as the RMS Titanic slipped beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912.

So maybe spring’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuII1Hkpc8

The White Star Line repertoire included 341 items, including light overtures, intermezzi, waltzes, marches, sacred music, and potpourris. Here’s the complete menu:

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/white-star-line-repertoire.html