Günther Bockelmann

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Günther Bockelmann (born June 8, 1945 , † July 12, 2009 in Bremerhaven ) was a Bremerhaven choir director and singer of shanties .

Only after his marine career did Bockelmann, a trained bass player , study music. Before that he went to sea. He started as a cabin boy on the Passat in 1962 , and was also a senior boatman on the Gorch Fock . He taught electronics at the Bremerhaven Marine Operations School . Later Bockelmann was a recreational sailor.

Bockelmann became known as a singer of traditional shanties , including the Bremen harbor concert on the radio . In 1982 he released the solo LP Song of the Coast, based on texts from the pirate report by the poet Fritz Grasshoff , set to music by Heinz Gietz . He was also the choirmaster of the naval choir of the Blue Boys from Bremerhaven, with whom he also released sound carriers.

Until his death, Bockelmann appeared as " Hein Mück from Bremerhaven" and thereby also promoted the city.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Günther Bockelmann started his last, big journey , Musikhaven , July 22, 2009 ( Memento of April 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Works by Günther Bockelmann in the German National Library
  3. ^ Biography Hein Mück, accessed on December 2, 2009
  4. ^ "Hein Mück" , formerly on Bremerhaven.de
  5. ↑ "Hein Mück" Günther Bockelmann sings at the Bremerhaven Sail ( Memento from November 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ "Hein Mück" Günther Bockelmann sings in the German Maritime Museum ( Memento from January 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ "Hein Mück" Günther Bockelmann the choirmaster of the "Blue Boys from Bremerhaven" has died ( Memento from April 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Bockelmann, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer of shanties and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1945
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2009
Place of death Bremerhaven