Very sad news

[ragtimer]

I'll ask around at the workshop tomorrow. Maybe someone (Doug?) who knew Rich better can shed light.

Well, I spoke to Doug about it. He is as puzzled as I am. He was aware of the discrepancies and said "That's not how I play it." I said "But is it how Rich played it? He said "It's been so long since I heard Rich play it, I don't know." So there we are.

 

Great workshop, by the way. Doug dedicated the evening concert to Rich's memory, and several of the performers also mentioned that their performances or particular tunes that they played were also dedicated to Rich.

Yes, it was a terrific workshop, with many remembrances of Rich.

 

To add to the confusion over the tune, the women's Morris side, that Rich once coached, performed a fine dance (with the sticks), using Rich's tune, at Rich's memorial service. A lady played it on a diatonic button accordion. I got most of the dance and the tune on my camera in movie mode. My impression so far is that she palyed it pretty close to Rich's manuscript, with the ambiguous parts palyed as David and I would. Might we assume that she learned it from Rich, and played it his way?

 

Earlier in the service I choked up as the Button Box folks palyed Rich's "The New Box" -- but that one's published, no question about notes.

 

More about the Morris after I listen to the movies. --Mike K.

[ragtimer]

To add to the confusion over the tune, the women's Morris side, that Rich once coached, performed a fine dance (with the sticks), using Rich's tune, at Rich's memorial service. A lady played it on a diatonic button accordion. I got most of the dance and the tune on my camera in movie mode. My impression so far is that she palyed it pretty close to Rich's manuscript, with the ambiguous parts palyed as David and I would. Might we assume that she learned it from Rich, and played it his way?

 

More about the Morris after I listen to the movies. --Mike K.

I've audited my movies, and the ladies do Rich's tune pretty much as his manuscript shows, with a few changes. David, send me private email and we can hash out the details off-forum.

 

Then we can put up a version close to how the Morris team danced it yesterday, and figure that's as close as we'll get to Rich's intentions -- not that he wouldn't have varied it from verse to verse and meet to meet. --Mike K.

[Tony Eye]

I've been away from c-net for a while, and today came on hoping to see what has been going on here. I was shocked when I saw the news of Rich. Rich and I never met, but we have spoken on the phone over the years as well as hiving exchanged emails and private messages. He was always eager to help me out and dealing with him on either a personal level or a business level was always a pleasure. As I said, we never met, but I had hoped to attend one of his events, or even just take a trip up to the Button Box to meet. Unfortunately this is never to be.

 

Sorry to be responding to this so late, but I felt that I had to add something.

 

Tony Iacoviello

[Patrick King]

Hi all,

 

this is very sad news. I didn't hear about this news of Richard Morse's death until yesterday, because I haven't been on here lately, nor was I keeping up-to-date with forums on here around the time when this forum started.

 

I am very sad. Even though I never knew Richard personally, or not even concertina related, I feel that I have lost an important piece of my concertina's history.

 

Every time I play my concertina, I will think of Richard Morse; an excellent man. Mr. Richard Morse will always be in my prayers and thoughts.

 

Patrick

 

Richard, you will not be forgotten. Rest In Peace

Edited May 11, 2009 by Patrick King

[Mark Evans]

Well said Patrick.

[Patrick King]

Well said Patrick.

 

 

Thanks Mark,

 

I mean I own a 31-key (Anglo) C/G Morse concertina, so by 'any concertina-related,' I mean any questions about them, because I own one of his concertinas.

 

Best Wishes to all,

Patrick

[unca]

I never met him, but spoke to him the phone a few times... He was always a gentleman, light hearted and kind.

We all lose eventually, but only some of us are missed. He is part of that group.