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Sharp, Cecil James, (1859-1924), Musician Author Folk Song Collector

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Surname: Sharp
Forenames: Cecil James
Gender: Male
Date: 1859-1924
Biography: ODNB link for Sharp, Cecil James (1859-1924) Musician Author Folk Song Collector
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P158487 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P25862 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Cecil James Sharp
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
c1881-1908: original musical and dance scores, vocal and instrument arrangements and lecture notes
English Folk Dance and Song Society: Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
CJS
2
c1897-24: corresp and papers
English Folk Dance and Song Society: Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
CSCORR
NRA 34987 Sharp
3
1903-23: folk song and dance collections (50 vols)
Cambridge University: Clare College
NRA 33326 Cambridge: Clare
4
c1904-1907: collection of folksongs of Somerset, compiled with Charles Marson
Community Heritage Access Centre
YEOVM:1997/49
5
1906-19: letters (28) to Anne Geddes Gilchrist
English Folk Dance and Song Society: Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
AGG
NRA 43843
6
1909-12: corresp with Sir Sydney Cockerell
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 52752
7
1910-20: letters to Maud Karpeles
English Folk Dance and Song Society: Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
MK
NRA 43844 Karpeles