Cecil Sharp

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

Publications

• English folk song, some conclusions, London: Simpkin; Novello, 1907. First edition available online in various formats at http://www.archive.org/details/englishfolksongs00shar

A Lecture Delivered by Cecil Sharp

A lecture delivered Cecil Sharp to the Hampstead Conservatoire, probably in the mid 1890s, has been transcribed and annotated by C. J. Bearman, who has also added a brief schlarly introduction. The lecture is available as a PDF from here.

External references

• Cecil Sharp's Diaries Online at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library

• Michael Heaney, ‘Sharp, Cecil James (1859–1924)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36040

• C.J. Bearman, Cecil Sharp in Somerset: some reflections on the work of David Harker. Folklore, April, 2002

• Wikipedia article

• Biography in Percival Serle, Dictionary of Australian Biography, 1949