Cecil Sharp
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecil Sharp canonical | 4 |
| Cecil James Sharp | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 |
Appalachia
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surface form:
Appalachian region of the United States
Somerset ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1859-11-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1924-06-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Clare College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uppingham School ⓘ |
| familyName | Sharp ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethnomusicology
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folk music ⓘ music education ⓘ |
| founded | English Folk Dance Society ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cecil Sharp
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cecil James Sharp
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| givenName | Cecil ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | English ⓘ |
| influenced |
English folk dance revival
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English folk song revival ⓘ Gustav Holst ⓘ Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collecting English folk dances
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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
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conductor ⓘ folklorist ⓘ musicologist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Camberwell
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
Hampstead
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
Director of the English Folk Dance Society
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Principal of the Hampstead Conservatoire of Music ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Constance Dorothea Birch ⓘ |
| workedIn |
England
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cecil James Sharp