Cecil Sharp

E234857

composer conductor folk dance collector folk song collector human musicologist teacher

Cecil Sharp was an influential English folk song and dance collector and musicologist who played a key role in the early 20th-century folk revival in England.

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Label	Occurrences
Cecil Sharp canonical	22
Cecil James Sharp	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2094818 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cecil Sharp
Context triple: [Cecil, hasNotableBearer, Cecil Sharp]

A. Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.
B. Cecil Hart
Cecil Hart was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey coach and manager, best known for his successful tenure with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL.
C. Charles Villiers Stanford
Charles Villiers Stanford was an influential Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his choral and orchestral works and for mentoring many leading British composers.
D. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his symphonies, choral works, and influential contributions to British ceremonial and folk-inspired music.
E. Arthur Housman
Arthur Housman was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, best remembered for his frequent portrayals of comic drunkards in numerous Hollywood movies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cecil Sharp
Target entity description: Cecil Sharp was an influential English folk song and dance collector and musicologist who played a key role in the early 20th-century folk revival in England.

A. Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.
B. Cecil Hart
Cecil Hart was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey coach and manager, best known for his successful tenure with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL.
C. Charles Villiers Stanford
Charles Villiers Stanford was an influential Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his choral and orchestral works and for mentoring many leading British composers.
D. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his symphonies, choral works, and influential contributions to British ceremonial and folk-inspired music.
E. Arthur Housman
Arthur Housman was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, best remembered for his frequent portrayals of comic drunkards in numerous Hollywood movies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ folk dance collector ⓘ folk song collector ⓘ human ⓘ musicologist ⓘ teacher ⓘ
burialPlace	Golders Green Crematorium ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cancer ⓘ
coAuthor	Charles Marson ⓘ George Butterworth ⓘ Herbert C. MacIlwaine ⓘ Maud Karpeles ⓘ
collectedFrom	Appalachian region of the United States ⓘ linked to: Appalachia Somerset ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1859-11-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1924-06-23 ⓘ
educatedAt	Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Uppingham School ⓘ
familyName	Sharp ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ethnomusicology ⓘ folk music ⓘ music education ⓘ
founded	English Folk Dance Society ⓘ
fullName	Cecil James Sharp ⓘ linked to: Cecil Sharp
givenName	Cecil ⓘ
hasHeritage	English ⓘ
influenced	English folk dance revival ⓘ English folk song revival ⓘ Gustav Holst ⓘ Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ
knownFor	collecting English folk dances ⓘ collecting English folk songs ⓘ revival of Morris dancing ⓘ revival of country dancing ⓘ role in the early 20th-century English folk revival ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableWork	English Folk-Song: Some Conclusions ⓘ Folk Songs from Somerset ⓘ The Country Dance Book ⓘ The Morris Book ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ folklorist ⓘ musicologist ⓘ teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Camberwell ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath	Hampstead ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England
positionHeld	Director of the English Folk Dance Society ⓘ Principal of the Hampstead Conservatoire of Music ⓘ
residence	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Constance Dorothea Birch ⓘ
workedIn	England ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cecil → hasNotableBearer → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Sharp → hasNotableBearer → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Appalachian music → notableCollector → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Cecil Sharp → fullName → Cecil James Sharp ⓘ

linked to: Cecil Sharp

In the Pines → hasNotableCollector → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Wagoner's Lad → collectedBy → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

The Trees They Do Grow High → associatedWithCollector → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Barbara Allen → notableCollector → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

The Morris Book → author → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

The Morris Book → compiler → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

The Country Dance Book → author → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

The Country Dance Book → compiler → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

The Country Dance Book → hasContributor → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

English Folk-Song: Some Conclusions → author → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Maud Karpeles → workedWith → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Maud Karpeles → coCollectorWith → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

English Folk Dance Society → foundedBy → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

English Folk Dance Society → notableMember → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Constance Dorothea Birch → spouse → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Charles Marson → collaboratedWith → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Charles Marson → notableAssociate → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Herbert C. MacIlwaine → partnerInWork → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

Herbert C. MacIlwaine → collaboratedWith → Cecil Sharp ⓘ

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