Cecil Sharp

Cecil Sharp

Musician · UK · 1859–1924

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GB

Born

1859-11-22

Died

1924-06-23

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: C. J. Sharp, C.J. Sharp, Cecil J. Sharp, Cecil James Sharp

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0000000109714454

Description

English folk song collector, teacher, songwriter and musician

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Cecil James Sharp was an English collector of folk songs, folk dances and instrumental music, as well as a lecturer, teacher, composer and musician. He was a key figure in the folk-song revival in England during the Edwardian period. According to Roud's Folk Song in England, Sharp was the country's "single most important figure in the study of folk song and music".

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