Richard Burgess
Originally from England, Richard has lived
in Norway for 50 years where he has worked
as a teacher, a writer and a musician. As
well playing and singing in folk bands like
Doggerland, Five Men in a Boat and
FatDog, he is also a solo performer with a
large repertoire of songs in both English
and Norwegian, often with a maritime slant.
These he accompanies on guitar or
concertina. Richard has long experience of
teaching shanty-singing and folk song and
has held courses in Norway, Sweden, England
and Germany.
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shanties and maritime song
workshopsprache:
Englisch
Shanties and maritime song
Shanties are perhaps the first truly global
song genre, sung on sailing ships to carry out
specific tasks, like hoisting the sails or
lifting the anchor. We’ll be singing lots of
those, but also «forebitters», i.e. songs sung
by sailors for entertainment. We’ll be singing
mainly in English, but also in Norwegian,
Swedish and - who knows? - perhaps German.
Our focus will be on rhythm, drive and simple
harmony. There will be lots of choruses, but
everyone will also have the chance to be the
«shantyman» if they want to! The only
qualification for the course is that you enjoy
singing - loudly!
I won’t be handing out sheet music - sailors
couldn’t read music! But I’ll make some
available, along with sound files, at the end
of the course.
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