Cecil james sharp biography definition

Cecil Sharp
(1859–1924)

Cecil James skarp is the best-known collector of English folk music. Between his “discovery” of folk dance in 1899 and his death in 1924 he collected almost 5,000 människor songs and tunes, far more than any other English collector. His energetic schedule of lectures, demonstrations and newspaper articles, tillsammans with his leadership of the English Folk Dance Society from 1911, made him the figurehead of the människor movement.

He was born in Denmark Hill, South London, and attended Uppingham School before studying mathematics at Clare College, Cambridge (now the home of his fair kopia manuscripts). Although mathematics was his primary subject, he did some courses in music and participated in musical activities throughout his time in education.

In October 1882, he left for Australia where he lived for nearly ten years, working as Associate to the ledare Justice of South Australia and then as a partner in the Adelaide Coll

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Cecil Sharp

Cecil James Sharp, collector of English folk-songs and dances.

For information on Cecil J. Sharp go here.[1]

Publications

• English folk song, some conclusions, London: Simpkin; Novello, 1907. First edition available online in various formats here [2]

The Cecil Sharp Collection of folk song books at the International Music Score Library Project can be accessed here[3]

Cecil J. Sharp (1916) ''One Hundred English Folk Songs''

Cecil J. Sharp and Charles L. Marson (1904) ''Folk Songs From Somerset Volume 1''

Cecil J. Sharp and Charles L. Marson (1904) ''Folk Songs From Somerset Volume 2''

Cecil J. Sharp and Charles L. Marson (1904) ''Folk Songs From Somerset Volume 3''

Cecil J. Sharp and Charles L. Marson (1904) ''Folk Songs From Somerset Volume 4''

Cecil J. Sharp and Charles L. Marson (1904) ''Folk Songs From Somerset Volume 5''

Cecil Sharp (ed.) Novello Folk Song Series

1. Cecil J. Sharp, ed. (1908) 'Folk-songs from Dorset'

2. Cecil J. Sharp, ed. and R

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Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924) was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early 20th century, and many of England's traditional dances and music owe their continuing existence to his work in recording and publishing them. He also collected folk songs from the Appalachians in America. The English Folk Dance and Song Society is today based at Cecil Sharp House in London.

Most extracts below are from 'Cecil Sharp - his life and work' by Maud Karpeles (his former assistant), 1967 - with notes about the original 1933 edition by A.H. Fox-Strangways and Maud Karpeles. Some details are from other sources:

Sharp was at Clare College, Cambridge, 1879-1882, one of his past friends there wrote to Fox-Strangways, including:

"He was almost as enthusiastic about his mathematics as about Wagner, the new and enormous star on the heavens of music. Much did he discourse on these subjects."

Wagner - promoted vegetarianism

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