Cecil James Sharp

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Collector, editor and advocate of English folk-music and dance.

Links

• Cecil Sharp - a brief biography
       Part of the Ellington Morris English traditional dance team
• Cecil Sharp House
       Home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society

Timeline

born:

London, 22 Nov. 1859

1904

Folk Songs from Somerset, five volumes, rev. 1919

1905

Songs of the West, w/ S. Baring-Gould

1906

English Folk Songs for Schools, w/ S. Baring-Gould

died:

London, 23 June 1924