Cecil Sharp

Cecil Sharp earns my deep respect for sheer devotion. Born in Camberwell in 1859 and educated at Clare College, Cambridge, he could have settled into comfortable academic life, but instead he walked the countryside writing down songs ordinary people were quietly forgetting. Calling him the central figure of the Edwardian folk revival undersells it; this was preservation driven by love as much as scholarship. Without his fieldwork, countless English melodies and dances would simply have vanished. He died in 1924, yet the music he rescued still breathes today. To me, leaving the world with songs that outlive you is about as meaningful as a life's work gets.

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Name (English)

Cecil Sharp

Name (Japanese)

セシル・シャープ

Reading

せしる・しゃーぷ

Born

November 22, 1859 – June 23, 1924

Origin

Camberwell, United Kingdom

Occupation

musician / teacher / musicologist / folk song collector / lyricist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

University

Clare College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil%20Sharp
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3889019

Tags

• musician
• teacher
• musicologist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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