Cecil Sharp

Aliases: Cecil J. Sharp
Real name: Cecil James Sharp
Born: November 22, 1859
Died: June 23, 1924
Country: United Kingdom
IPI: 00161897637 2 works
Comments: A composer, conductor, music teacher, lecturer and folksong collector, whose research, publications and educational programmes led to him being credited as "the founding father of the English folksong revival" in the early Twentieth Century. In addition to traditional song, he promoted traditional dance (founding the English Folk Dance Society in 1911), preserving many works and customs that might otherwise have been lost. His fieldwork included a two year visit to USA where he collected folk songs in the Appalachians.

Songs written by Cecil Sharp

Title	Written by	Covered by
Gently, Johnny, My Jingalo	[Traditional], Cecil Sharp	Covered by (13 artists)
Strawberry Fair	Sabine Baring-Gould, Cecil Sharp, Henry Fleetwood Sheppard	Covered by (5 artists)
This Old Man	Sabine Baring-Gould, Cecil Sharp	Covered by (45 artists)