Audio slideshow: Cecil Sharp's diaries

Four diaries written by Cecil Sharp, England's most prolific folk music and dance collector, are being published online 150 years after his birth.

Malcolm Taylor, the Library Director of English Folk Dance and Song Society, explains how Sharp amassed a total of 4,977 tunes in England and North America.

Javascript and Flash plug-in required

Either the Flash plugin was not detected on your computer or the JavaScript features of your brower have been disabled.

To enable Javascript on your browser we recommend that you contact your computer support line.

Click here to download the Flash plugin from the Macromedia website

All black and white images courtesy of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (Cecil Sharp Collection).
Music by Mrs Oscar Allen - 'The Daemon Lover/House Carpenter', and Mr CB Wohlford - 'Mississippi Sawyers' and 'Cumberland Gap'

Slideshow production by Tom Beal and Paul Kerley. Publication date 12 December 2009.

Links

Cecil Sharp's diaries

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites

More audio slideshows

350 years of The Royal Society

Explorers of the Universe

Wild Kew