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.
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!["Sweet Kitty" transcribed from Lucy White by Cecil Sharp in 1906[30]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sweet_Kitty_from_Lucy_White_for_Cecil_Sharp.jpg/500px-Sweet_Kitty_from_Lucy_White_for_Cecil_Sharp.jpg)
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About this person
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".
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1859 to 1924 · aged 64
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