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English folklorist and song collector (1859–1924)
Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924) was an English collector of folk songs, folk dances and instrumental music, as well as a lecturer
Cecil_Sharp
Organisation that promotes the folk arts of England
Elliot Hobbs, Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Mary Augusta Wakefield. The English Folk Dance Society was founded in 1911 by Cecil Sharp. Maud Karpeles
English Folk Dance and Song Society
English_Folk_Dance_and_Song_Society
British song collector
Constance Sharp, suffered a life-changing illness. Cecil Sharp referred to Karpeles as "the faithful Maud". On their many travels together, Sharp would introduce
Maud_Karpeles
American family of traditional ballad singers
Birds: Cecil Sharp, Mary Sands, and the Madison County Song Tradition. Musical Traditions, 15 March 2002. Retrieved: 13 March 2009. Cecil Sharp, Maud Karpeles
Wallin_Family
Music genre
simply "Folk music is what the people sing." For Scholes, as well as for Cecil Sharp and Béla Bartók, there was a sense of the music of the country as distinct
Folk_music
English performance folk dance
The word Morris apparently derived from morisco, meaning 'Moorish'. Cecil Sharp, whose collecting of Morris dances preserved many from extinction, suggested
Morris_dance
Traditional lullaby
songs, the author and date of origin are unclear. The English folklorist Cecil Sharp collected and notated a version from Endicott, Franklin County, Virginia
Hush,_Little_Baby
Traditional song
wrote of her woes in the symbolism of flowers; however, the folklorist Cecil Sharp doubted this claim. The versions allegedly written by Habergram would
The_Sprig_of_Thyme
2011 folk music project
The Cecil Sharp Project was a multi-artist, residential commission to create new material based on the life and collections of Cecil Sharp, founding father
Cecil_Sharp_Project
Traditional British folk Christmas carol
now popular was collected in 1909 by the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp from a woman called Mary Clayton, in the market town of Chipping Campden
The_Holly_and_the_Ivy
Library and archive
Song Society (EFDSS), located in the society's London headquarters, Cecil Sharp House in Camden Town. It is a multi-media library comprising books, periodicals
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
Vaughan_Williams_Memorial_Library
American singer
passed down through previous generations. In 1916, English folklorist Cecil Sharp, along with his assistant Maud Karpeles, visited Madison County to collect
Mary_Sands
Folk music originating in England
Williams, Folk songs of the Upper Thames (London, 1923) and C. Sharp, Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Song, ed., Maud Karpeles, 2 vols (London:
English_folk_music
Folk song
British origin.[citation needed] It remains popular in the 21st century. Cecil Sharp published the song in Folk Songs From Somerset (1906). The imagery of
The_Water_Is_Wide_(song)
Traditional music of the American Appalachian Mountains region
Scottish ballad "Bonnie George Campbell". According to the musicologist Cecil Sharp the ballads of Appalachia, including their melodies, were generally most
Appalachian_music
American folk song
be recorded in fieldwork was written down by the English folklorist Cecil Sharp, who during the First World War made three summer field trips to the
On_Top_of_Old_Smoky
Bellowhead, Show of Hands, Cara Dillon, 17 Hippies, Kepa Junkera Band and the Cecil Sharp Project. 2012: Richard Thompson, Kate Rusby, Show of Hands, Dervish and
Shrewsbury_Folk_Festival
English musician (born 1945)
a one-man show about folk song collector Cecil Sharp, which resulted in the album An Hour with Cecil Sharp and Ashley Hutchings, (1986). From this point
Ashley_Hutchings
English folk tune
dancing. It was introduced by traditional folk musician William Kimber to Cecil Sharp near the beginning of the twentieth century, then popularised by a diverse
Country_Gardens
English folk song
Shirley Collins (who probably learnt the song from a version collected by Cecil Sharp in Somerset) released a popular version in 1959 which inspired most of
Hares_on_the_Mountain
Street in Hampstead, London
for both Anna and Sigmund Freud as well as the collector of folk songs Cecil Sharp. Cherry & Pevsner p.237 Wade p.54 Wade p.57 "20, MARESFIELD GARDENS,
Maresfield_Gardens
English folk dance
interpreted as a pagan ritual, but there is no evidence for any of them. Since Cecil Sharp published the dance in The Sword Dances of Northern England, it has been
Abbots_Bromley_Horn_Dance
American folk singer, songwriter and musician (1922–2015)
head along with his dulcimer playing. In 1917, the folk music collector Cecil Sharp collected songs from Jean's older sisters May (1896–1982) and Una (1900–1989)
Jean_Ritchie
Collection of individual local dances from Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire
the county of Shropshire, along with several trips to London to visit Cecil Sharp collection. Their style is based on the quarry men, miners and Iron workers
Border_Morris
Name list
journalist Cecil Sandford (1928–2023), British motorcycle racer Cecil Sandford (footballer) (1874–1946), Australian rules footballer Cecil Sharp (1859–1924)
Cecil_(given_name)
2000 American film
Brasstown, North Carolina, and that of the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp, portrayed at the end of the film as professor Cyrus Whittle. The film
Songcatcher
2012 studio album by Show of Hands
Mark Tucker as co-producer. In January 2012, Knightley took part in the Cecil Sharp Project, a commission that included Knightley to create new material
Wake_the_Union
Children's song
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. The famous folk song collector Cecil Sharp collected a version called "The Farmyard" in 1908 from a 74-year-old
Old_MacDonald_Had_a_Farm
Composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams
drawn from the collection made by Vaughan Williams' friend and colleague Cecil Sharp. The suite consists of three movements: March, Intermezzo and another
English_Folk_Song_Suite
English folk-singer (1848–1923)
Somerset. She was an early source of songs for the folk song collector Cecil Sharp and she is said to have shaped his interests. Her half-sister was another
Lucy_White
American traditional folk song
"(From South Carolina; country whites, MS. of Mr. Bryan; 1909)": When Cecil Sharp collected folksongs in the Appalachian Mountains in 1917 he found two
Cripple_Creek_(folk_song)
American folksong
ballad. The song first appeared in print in Olive Dame Campbell and Cecil Sharp's 1917 compilation English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians,
Rain_and_Snow
Musical ensemble of singing cellists
venues across the UK and internationally, including a biannual concert at Cecil Sharp House, a residency at Hornsey Town Hall and regular appearances at festivals
Massive_Violins
English folk song
the song, collected by musicologists including Sabine Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp from the West of England at the start of the twentieth century. The stanzas
Green_Grow_the_Rushes,_O
Traditional British naval song
The song has been found in several different minor and major keys. Cecil Sharp considered the minor key version to be the "original". The song has been
Spanish_Ladies
Rhythmic work song sung on sailing vessels
p. viii. Sharp, Cecil, English Folk-Chanteys, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. (1914). Sharp, English Folk-Chanteys, p. xv. Sharp, English Folk-Chanteys
Sea_shanty
Folk music movement
performers and the music teacher Cecil Sharp was probably the most important in understanding of the nature of folk song. Sharp produced the five volume Folk
British_folk_revival
English composer (1874–1934)
written at the suggestion of the folk-song collector Cecil Sharp and made use of tunes that Sharp had noted down. Holst described its performance at the
Gustav_Holst
Traditional song
Turned Highwayman" ("Saucy Sally on one day") in Devon in 1890. In 1903 Cecil Sharp collected a version which he published in "Folk Songs From Somerset"
Sovay
Sea shanty
William A Pond. Between 1904 and 1914, the famous English folklorist Cecil Sharp collected many different versions in the coastal areas of Somerset, England
The_Maid_of_Amsterdam
British singer songwriter
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) "Cecil Sharp House". Cecil Sharp House. Retrieved 3 October 2013. "Five-date tour for Sam Carter
Sam_Carter_(musician)
English folk song
Williams catalogue is 1904, as collected in Somerset and arranged by Cecil Sharp. A later entry for 1908 gives the source as Jane Gulliford from Somerset
Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron
Dashing_Away_with_the_Smoothing_Iron
Folk song
influential book "English Country songs" (1893). In the early 1900s, Cecil Sharp collected many versions throughout England, from Yorkshire to Somerset
The Maid Freed from the Gallows
The_Maid_Freed_from_the_Gallows
Folk song
song was collected many times over in a short period of time, including Cecil Sharp in 1917, Anne Gilchrist in Scotland in 1919 and Seamus Ennis in Ireland
Soldier, soldier won't you marry me
Soldier,_soldier_won't_you_marry_me
1931 hymn, with text by Jan Struther
the 15th of August 1905 by Cecil Sharp. The title of the song collected from Mr Dibble was given as ‘Sweet Europe’ by Sharp, with the first line ‘As I
When_a_Knight_Won_His_Spurs
English musician (born 1946)
performed on bass, guitar and mandolin with Robyn Hitchcock as 'Biscotti' at Cecil Sharp House, London. On 30 April 2013, Jones appeared live on the BBC TV Show
John_Paul_Jones_(musician)
Traditional English ballad
in the British Isles by the time folklorists began collecting songs. Cecil Sharp collected a version from an Agnes Collins in London in 1908, the only
Matty_Groves
American blues song and jazz standard
disease were isolated and confined. Lloyd deems a song collected by Cecil Sharp in the Appalachians in 1918 which references a "St. James Hospital" to
St._James_Infirmary_Blues
Traditional folk song
twentieth century, one version, collected and set to piano accompaniment by Cecil Sharp, reached a much wider public. Under the title "The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies
The_Raggle_Taggle_Gypsy
Children's song and nursery rhyme
during his childhood in Liverpool. A similar version was included in Cecil Sharp and Sabine Baring-Gould's English Folk-Songs for Schools, published in
This_Old_Man
Traditional song
melody and lyrics of a Scottish version entitled "Binnorie" from 1830. Cecil Sharp collected many versions of the ballad on both sides of the Atlantic,
The_Two_Sisters_(folk_song)
English folk ballad
twentieth century, where it had been preserved through oral traditions. Cecil Sharp and later folklorists and proponents of the folk revival helped keep
Pretty_Saro
1989 single by Tears for Fears
Orzabal had heard at the time about the folk song collector Cecil Sharp. One of the songs that Sharp collected was called "The Seeds of Love", which he learned
Sowing_the_Seeds_of_Love
English indie folk band
provided vocals for their eponymous album. The Staves released the Live at Cecil Sharp House EP and the Mexico EP in 2011, and appeared on Fionn Regan's third
The_Staves
English folk singer
Roberts & Sean Lakeman – Tomorrow Will Follow Today (2015) Cecil Sharp Project – Cecil Sharp Project 2011 Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman – Personae (2018)
Kathryn_Roberts
British traditional folk song
come along with me. I'll take you to the war, my love, in High Germany. Cecil Sharp collected a version in 1906, and successfully encouraged Gustav Holst
High_Germany_(folk_song)
What I Learned Today. Retrieved 19 September 2015. "The Mocking Bird (Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) CJS2/10/4501)". The
List_of_nursery_rhymes
Traditional song
(Roud 1434) is a traditional English folk song. It was collected by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles in 1909. It has been arranged by Benjamin Britten John
Master_Kilby
Type of social dance
line and square dances of English origin. Only due to the efforts of Cecil Sharp, Mary Neal and the English Folk Dance and Song Society in the late 19th
Country_dance
English priest and scholar (1834–1924)
and so the folk song collector Cecil Sharp was invited to undertake the musical editorship for the new edition. Sharp and Baring-Gould also collaborated
Sabine_Baring-Gould
British aristocrat (1861–1938)
Bloomsbury" set. Members of Cecil Sharp's English Folk Dance Society performed at the inaugural event at The Barn Theatre and Sharp noted that Daisy's vote
Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick
Daisy_Greville,_Countess_of_Warwick
Traditional sea shanty
616. The earliest print version of the song is from a collection of Cecil Sharp in 1904 from Captain Vickery of Minehead, Somerset, England. The song
Heave_Away
Slang term
phrase, "fairs pears", bears the same meaning and was first traced by Cecil Sharp in 1903 when visiting his friend (and lyrics editor) Charles Marson in
Square_(slang)
Private university in Harrogate, Tennessee, U.S.
"Conservatory Tower", still stands. In April 1917, British folklorist Cecil Sharp spent several days at Lincoln Memorial University, where he collected
Lincoln_Memorial_University
In 1913 Cecil Sharp, Herbert MacIlwaine and George Butterworth published "Morris Dance Tunes" set 2, containing the tune "Black Joke". Sharp had collected
Black_Joke
English singer (1947–1978)
folk songs. Denny made the first of many appearances for the BBC at Cecil Sharp House on 2 December 1966 on the Folk Song Cellar programme where she
Sandy_Denny
English nursery rhyme and singing game
tree. The Christmas carol, "As I Sat on a Sunny Bank", collected by Cecil Sharp in Worcestershire, has a very similar melody; as does the related "I
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Here_We_Go_Round_the_Mulberry_Bush
English folk song
one of those which earlier editors, such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp, felt obliged to soften or rewrite for publication. It was also common
Seventeen_Come_Sunday
1973 film by Robin Hardy
largely on the work of Cecil Sharp, a "founding father" of the folk-revival movement of the early 20th century. Using Sharp's collections as a template
The_Wicker_Man
Scottish–Irish folk song
passed on from Frederick “Cauliflower” Crossman, who had worked with Cecil Sharp, to Crossman's granddaughter. Its most famous version is Jeannie Robertson's
I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
I'm_a_Man_You_Don't_Meet_Every_Day
English folk rock group
detailed research in the English Folk Dance and Song Society Library at Cecil Sharp House; this theme would become the basis for their next, much more ambitious
Fairport_Convention
English magazine editor, folk musician and broadcaster
London, 2010), Ghosts From The Basement (Cecil Sharp House, London, 2010), Looking For A New England (Cecil Sharp House, London, 2010), Bridges (Queen Elizabeth
Ian_A._Anderson
British racehorse trainer (1943–2013)
had not fallen out. A number of Cecil's most notable horses had been owned by Sheikh Mohammed, including Oh So Sharp, Diminuendo, Indian Skimmer and Belmez
Henry_Cecil
American singer-songwriter
participate in The Cecil Sharp Project, an eight-artist collaboration celebrating the life and work of English folk song collector Cecil Sharp. The group released
Caroline_Herring
English musician
Headington Quarry Morris Men, and was the musician when Cecil Sharp encountered them in 1899. Sharp, who was to be in the forefront of the revival of English
William_Kimber
Verse set to music
ballads are originally communal compositions, and "individualists" such as Cecil Sharp, who assert that there was one single original author. Communalists tend
Ballad
English traditional folk singers from Hull
Cecil Sharp House in London on 25 October 2007 and 'A Tribute to Bert,' a concert celebrating the life and work of Albert Lancaster Lloyd, at Cecil Sharp
The_Watersons
Traditional song
life in hell so bad that the Devil brings her back to her husband. When Cecil Sharp visited the Ritchie family of Viper, Kentucky in 1917 on his journey
The_Farmer's_Curst_Wife
Traditional English start of the agricultural year
north Yorkshire longsword dance team, was revived under the influence of Cecil Sharp; since the second British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s East Anglian
Plough_Monday
1913 composition by George Butterworth
Butterworth collected are in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Cecil Sharp House, London. The Cranstone song is manuscript no. GB/6b/26. EFDSS cylinders
The_Banks_of_Green_Willow
Anglo-American folk song, also called "The Unfortunate Lad"
noted as "mixolydian with dorian influence". In a note to this article, Cecil Sharp reported that he had collected six different tunes for this song, and
The_Unfortunate_Rake
Traditional English song
songs have been collected, including dozens of variants collected by Cecil Sharp from the 1900s to the 1920s, mostly in the south of England. Many of
Here_We_Come_A-wassailing
English composer (1885–1916)
University Music Club. He also made friends with the folk song collector Cecil Sharp, the composer and folk song enthusiast Ralph Vaughan Williams, the future
George_Butterworth
Traditional love song
Her sister Edna Ritchie sang the song on her eponymous 1962 album. Cecil Sharp had previously collected this version of the song from Jean and Edna's
Jack_Monroe_(song)
Street in London, England
adjacent Prince Albert Road does. It diverges from Gloucester Avenue at Cecil Sharp House and heads westwards until it meets Primrose Hill. It runs adjacent
Regent's_Park_Road
1969 studio album by Fairport Convention
collectors such as Francis James Child (of "Child Ballads" fame) and Cecil Sharp. The band toured the UK for several months, also visiting Denmark, performing
Liege_&_Lief
Traditional English folk murder ballad
victim, and takes it back with her in a jar. The ballad was collected by Cecil Sharp in 1904 but is considerably older than that. It is a re-telling of a
The_Bramble_Briar
Cultural dispute involving the English folk dance
ribbons." Gallop (1934) questions the Moorish link, quoting both Douce and Cecil Sharp who felt the English dance was too dissimilar in style and appearance
Blackface_and_Morris_dancing
Anglo-Scottish traditional song
Vladimir Rosing recorded "Lord Rendal", the Somerset version arranged by Cecil Sharp, on Vocalion A-0167 in the early 1920s. Scottish singer Betsy Miller
Lord_Randall
Officer in World War I and World War II John Schlesinger, film director Cecil Sharp, musician, collector and populariser of English folk song and dance Charlie
List_of_Old_Uppinghamians
English folk musician (born 1981)
Carthy, Billy Bragg, Richard Thompson, Ani Di Franco, Bellowhead, the Cecil Sharp Project, and John McCusker. He also performed as Orpheus in Anaïs Mitchell's
Jim_Moray
Traditional American folk song
learned the song from an interpretation of the 1917 version compiled by Cecil Sharp, and by the 1925 phonograph recording. The country duo The Louvin Brothers
In_the_Pines
Singers of folk songs in the oral tradition
around the beginning of the twentieth century, song collectors such as Cecil Sharp went to rural areas to collect traditional songs. Later, Percy Grainger
List_of_traditional_singers
Song
the tune to which it is now sung were discovered and written down by Cecil Sharp in Buckland, Gloucestershire, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, who heard it
Sussex_Carol
Traditional song performed by Joan Baez
collected by Henry M. Belden in 1908. Cecil Sharp published an English version from Somerset in 1908 as "Arise! Arise!". Sharp also collected a version of the
Silver_Dagger_(song)
2025 studio album by Martin Carthy
His re-interpretation of "Scarborough Fair" is based on a version by Cecil Sharp that he heard for the first time when he was asked to perform the song
Transform_Me_Then_Into_a_Fish
establishment to provide employment. In 1905, Neal met Cecil Sharp at the Hampstead Conservatoire. She and Sharp began to collaborate during a revival of English
Mary_Neal
Historical dances from 1790 to 1825
was by Englishman Cecil Sharp in the early 20th century. Various other revivals have followed, most using at least some of Sharp's research. Today, there
Regency_dance
1880s. Later between 1903 and 1906 he collaborated with his good friend Cecil Sharp in the collection and publication of Folk Songs from Somerset vols. 1-3
Charles_Marson
British melodeon player and folk music composer
accordion tutor at the Burwell Bash. In March 2011, Cutting was part of the Cecil Sharp Project, a joint commission between Shrewsbury Folk Festival and EFDSS
Andy_Cutting
CECIL SHARP
CECIL SHARP
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Czechoslovakian, Danish, English, French, German, Latin
A Feminine Form of Cecil
Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Latin
Blind; Sixth
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Sharp.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Sharperton in Northumberland, possibly so named from Old English scearp ‘steep’ + beorg ‘hill’, ‘mound’ + tūn ‘settlement’.
Male
English
Blind
Girl/Female
British, English, Latin
Abbreviation of Cecilia; Blind
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Latin, Swedish, Swiss
Blind; From the Latin Cecilia; Sixth
Boy/Male
Australian, Dutch, Latin
Blind
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Cecily, CICELY means "blind."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian
Good Future
Female
English
Medieval form of English Cecilia, CECILY means "blind."
Girl/Female
Latin English
Blind. Famous bearer: The blind St. Cecilie, patron saint of music, was a talented musician.
Boy/Male
English American Latin
Blind (from the Roman clan name Caecilius). Famous bearers: the African state of Rhodesia is...
Girl/Female
English
A feminine form of Cecil, derived from the Roman clan name Caecilius, which is based on the Latin...
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Welsh Seissylt, CECIL means "sixth." English name derived from Latin Cæcilius, meaning "blind.
Girl/Female
English American French Latin
Derived from the Roman clan name Caecilius, which is based on the Latin 'coccus' meaning 'blind'.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, Indian, Irish, Latin, Swedish
Blind One; Sixth
Female
English
Pet form of English Cecily, SESSY means "blind."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, German, Latin, Swedish
Blind One; Sixth
Female
English
Pet form of English Cecily, SISSY means "blind."
CECIL SHARP
CECIL SHARP
Girl/Female
Biblical
Meditation, word, groaning, separation.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Small Hill
Boy/Male
Tamil
Brilliant
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hrishiraj | ஹà¯à®°à¯€à®·à¯€à®°à®¾à®œ
Pleasure
Girl/Female
Tamil
Gauryanvi | கௌரà¯à®¯à®¨à®µà¯€
Boy/Male
Indian
Victorious, Conquest, Complete victory
Boy/Male
Native American
Little wolf.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Bishwas | பிஷà¯à®µà®¾à®¸
Faith, Trust
Girl/Female
Indian
Happy Friend
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Light of the Faith
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Sharpen
a.
To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
imp. & p. p.
of Ceil
a.
To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
a.
To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
a.
Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear.
v. i.
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
n.
A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ceil
n.
Alt. of Decile
v. i.
To grow or become sharp.
v. t.
To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
a.
To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
v. t.
To sharpen.
a.
To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
n.
The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
adv.
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
v. t.
To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.
a.
To make sharp.
a.
Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.