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Posted: **Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:20 pm**

Titanic Story of the day. Listen!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/2 ... d%3D363094

Fantastic!

Posted: **Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:50 am**

This is very interesting! Amazing to hear this playing and know the story behind it, such a fascinating piece!

Posted: **Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:03 am**

nice story, thanks for sharing!

Posted: **Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:17 am**

The song is called "La Mattchiche". I have a copy of it on a Pathé center-start record. The tune was very popular before WW1.

Posted: **Mon Aug 26, 2013 3:17 am**

The song is not a song, but a march. It is the La Sorella March. I have it on a Victor batwing played by Sousa's band.

Posted: **Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:06 am**

Thanks for letting us know what the song is!

Tony K.

Posted: **Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:23 am**

marcapra wrote:The song is not a song, but a march. It is the La Sorella March. I have it on a Victor batwing played by Sousa's band.

It appears that either title is correct. Besides a march, it was also a song, because I have heard the lyrics sung in a French recording.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CwZMBszrB8 "La Mattchiche"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlqU-3yRxOY "La Sorella"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbJbkv2BvBU "La Mattchiche" as sung

Posted: **Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:29 am**

The tune seems to have been popular for quite a while; I recollect Gershwin quotes it in his "American in Paris".

Bill

Titanic Story of the day. Listen!