Donald Satz wrote:

>So, in 1916 Granados and his wife sailed to New York to get ready
>for the premiere and also take in the sights and perform some concerts.
>All went very well, including the trip back across the Atlantic Ocean.
>However, a German submarine torpedoed their ship in the English Channel,
>and both Granados and wife were killed.  Given that Granados had a
>life-long fear of water and oceans, perhaps it is fitting that his
>worst fears came to fruition.

It was actually even sadder.  A recital at the White House for President
Wilson caused him to miss a ship that would have taken him directly to
neutral Spain.  Instead, he took a later ship to England, where he arrived
safely, transferring in Liverpool to the *Sussex* for Dieppe.  The ship was
torpedoed in the Channel and Granados was picked up in a lifeboat.  He saw
his wife struggling in the water and dived in to save her.  Both of them
drowned.

Walter Meyer