Of all the Ships that sail the Sea
New York: Swedish American Line [The White Viking Fleet], c1950. Presumed First Edition, First printing from this publisher. Sheet Music. Format is approximately 9 inches by 12 inches. Six pages, with pages 3/4 lightly taped to page 5. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some pencil notations to the score. Decorative front cover with image of an ocean liner in motion. This work was also published under the title See the Sun. This is a song written for the White Viking Fleet by a gentleman who, like so many of the passengers on the Gripsholm, Kungholm and Stockholm, found joy and happiness on board a Swedish American Line ship. It is a tribute of which we are justly proud, since it was born out of a spontaneous and genuine feeling of kinship with all that our ships' officers and crew always strive to create in the way of atmosphere on board, that intangible something which bring a smile and--a song! Swedish American Line. Edward Specter spent his career in music, as a composer, lyricist, and also as the manager of the Pittsburgh Symphony in the early 1950s. He also established Edward Specter Productions. Publication date is estimated based upon the entry into service of the MS Stockholm. It could be into the mid-1960s based upon the introduction of a new version of the Gripsholm. Swedish American Line was a Swedish passenger shipping line. It was founded in December 1914 under the name Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika, beginning ocean liner service from Gothenburg to New York in 1915. In 1925 the company changed its name to Svenska Amerika Linien / Swedish American Line. The Swedish American Line was amongst the first companies to build liners with provisions for off-season cruising, as well as the world's first company to build a diesel-engined transatlantic liner. Increased operational costs and stronger competition from aeroplanes forced the company to abandon passenger traffic in 1975, but cargo operations continued until the 1980s. In March 1923 RAB Sverige-Nordamerika placed an order for their first newbuilding, the first MS Gripsholm, with Armstrong Whitworth & Co in Newcastle upon Tyne. She was the first diesel-engined liner to be built for the transatlantic service. The Gripsholm was launched and christened on 26 November 1924, and delivered on 7 November 1925. On the same date her owners officially changed their name to Svenska Amerika Linien / Swedish American Line, and on 21 November the Gripsholm set out on her maiden voyage from Gothenburg to New York. Encouraged by the success of the Gripsholm, SAL placed an order for a ship of similar but larger design with the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg on 28 October 1926. In 1927 the company decided to enter the cruise market, offering various cruises during the northern hemisphere winter season. On 17 March 1928 the new MS Kungsholm was launched at Blohm & Voss. The Kungsholm's interiors were designed with off-season cruising in mind, with her passenger capacity shrunk from 1344 on liner service to around 600 for cruising. She was also one of the first liners with interior decorations in art deco style, following the lead of the SS Ile de France, built in 1927. The ship was delivered to SAL on 13 October 1928, and left on her maiden voyage on 24 November 1928. Coinciding with the delivery of the new ship, the first SS Stockholm was sold to Norwegian interests for conversion to a whale factory ship, SS Solglimt. With the Gripsholm and Kungsholm the SAL gained popularity with West European and American passengers, both in liner and cruise service. In May 1929 the United States and Canada imposed extensive restrictions on immigration. At some point after the delivery of the Kungsholm, SAL decided to abandon the traditional black hull color and their entire fleet was repainted with white hulls. The Swedish American Line continued operations with the Drottningholm, Gripsholm and Kungsholm throughout the 1930s. In November 1936 the company placed an order for a new ship, MS Stockholm, with Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy. The planned delivery date for the ship was in March 1939, but she was destroyed by a fire during the final stages of construction on 19 December 1938. Construction of a second ship based on the same design, also named MS Stockholm, began soon after the destruction of the original. In March 1946 the Swedish American Line re-commenced commercial service, with the Drottningholm setting on her first post-war crossing from Gothenburg on 26 March 1946, while the Gripsholm set out on her corresponding crossing from New York on 31 March 1946. On 9 September 1946 the company's newest ship was launched at the Götaverken shipyard and named MS Stockholm.[2] The new Stockholm was the product of an entirely different thinking from her two predecessors with the same name—instead of offering luxurious surroundings, the new ship was to offer cheap transportation for the masses with austere interiors—despite the protests from the company's chief executive and Stateside offices. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Ocean Liners, Passenger Ships, Transatlantic, White Viking, Sheet Music, Shipbuilding, Gripsholm, Travel, Transportation, Sea Voyages, Cruise Ships, Songs
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