Dr Bearman’s ‘meticulous scholarship’.
The article focuses on the allegations made against the research work on English folk music expert and historian Cecil Sharp, by another expert Christopher Bearman. Topics discussed are Sharp's history of collecting tunes from working men and women in England, Germany and America, comparison of Shar...
| Publicado en: | Folk Music Journal Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 49 - 54 |
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English Folk Dance & Song Society
2017
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on the allegations made against the research work on English folk music expert and historian Cecil Sharp, by another expert Christopher Bearman. Topics discussed are Sharp's history of collecting tunes from working men and women in England, Germany and America, comparison of Sharp and Bearman as being racist as they were scornful of folk songs of blacks, and criticism about the motives of Sharp. |
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