Maritime Note
- Sir Richard Runciman Terry Dies (18 April 1938)
Sir Richard Runciman Terry In 1921, in an obvious departure from his church music, he edited the Curwen edition of 'The Shanty Book (Part 1)'. The foreword was written by Sir Walter Runciman, acknowledging that the time of the shanty was over, along with sail-powered merchant ships. Terry's 'Introduction' gives an excellent insight into the shanty as the sailor's work song, deferring to the well-known shanty collection by Capt. W.B Whall 'Sea Songs, Ships and Shanties' (1910 & 1912), above other accounts written between 1887 and 1920. The collection of 30 shanties also includes explanations for their use at sea, and his extensive comments give us a deal of valuable information about a particular aspect of social and maritime history.
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Musical Acts
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Ben Traverse
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The Pirates of St. Piran
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The Lizard Shantymen
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Lynz Morahn
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Venues and Events
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Blue Anchor Shanty Festival
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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
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Whisky Bar Shanty Club
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The Shanty Workshops Project
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