30:
187:
156:
in
Somerset in 1848. Her mother was Sarah Bridge who taught her many songs. When she was about thirteen her mother married William England in 1855. She grew up in a family of six children including her half-sister Louie was born in 1860. She sometimes used the name Lucy England. Louie was unable to
198:
Sharp's books began to be published in 1905 and it included 19 of the songs that Lucy and Louie had taught him and one of the tunes. They had sung 33 tunes to Sharp including 27 sung just by Hooper. Sharp had visited them over twenty times. They were both credited in Sharp's books. After they were
160:
She married
Jonathon White in 1875 and Louie married George Hooper in 1884. Between 1875 and 1884 she had eight children although two were illegitimate. Louie had three children after her marriage to George Hooper even though he had died soon after they married. In the 1890s Louie and Lucy were
123:
87:
373:
168:
came as the vicar to her village. He was a socialist, an enthusiast for his parishioners and a bane to the church authorities. His friend
320:
557:
326:
183:
came to the notice of Sharp in 1904. Sharp's income was derived after 1905 largely from lecturing and publishing folk music.
450:
562:
157:
walk but they both worked with others involved in glove and shirt-making. White was working on collars at the age of ten.
29:
186:
199:
published Sharp gave a copy of the books to them with the dedication that "exchange is no robbery". Their songs
378:
173:
231:
219:
76:
552:
547:
222:
in 1923. She was survived by her half sister Louie, who was recorded singing by the BBC in 1942.
126:
331:
165:
140:
and she is said to have shaped his interests. Her half-sister was another singer named
541:
285:
176:. In 1903 Sharp came to visit Marson in Somerset and Sharp started to collect songs.
134:
392:
260:
350:
191:
169:
137:
35:
335:
421:
368:
180:
153:
54:
516:
491:
466:
238:'Who Were the Folk? The Demography of Cecil Sharp's Somerset Folk Singers'
130:
237:
185:
215:
were among those chosen as "Folk Songs from
Somerset".
455:. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
232:
Lucy White in the
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
109:
101:
93:
83:
61:
43:
20:
330:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.
319:
172:was a music teacher as he was Principal of the
314:
312:
310:
308:
306:
190:"Sweet Kitty" transcribed from Lucy White by
8:
449:Sharp, Cecil J.; Marson, Charles L. (1905).
161:living next door to each other in Westport.
122:(4 September 1848 – 17 February 1923) was a
517:"Lord Rendal (Roud Folksong Index S182618)"
492:"Green Broom (Roud Folksong Index S176847)"
422:"The English Folk Music Movement 1898–1914"
321:"White, Lucy Anna (1848–1923), folk-singer"
133:. She was an early source of songs for the
88:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
28:
17:
415:
413:
255:
253:
467:"Bohenny (Roud Folksong Index S169715)"
374:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
327:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
249:
362:
360:
521:The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
496:The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
471:The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
286:"Hooper, Louie - Cecil Sharps People"
7:
261:"White, Lucy - Cecil Sharp's People"
393:"Overd, Emma - Cecil Sharps People"
144:(1860-1946) (born Louisa England).
14:
174:Hampstead Conservatoire of Music
213:The Sign of the Bonny Blue Bell
1:
351:UK public library membership
164:She came to notice because
579:
179:Other local singers like
27:
452:Folk Songs from Somerset
397:cecilsharpspeople.org.uk
367:Heaney, Michael (2004).
290:cecilsharpspeople.org.uk
265:cecilsharpspeople.org.uk
558:Musicians from Somerset
379:Oxford University Press
97:knowledge of folk songs
336:10.1093/ref:odnb/74830
220:Hambridge and Westport
195:
77:Hambridge and Westport
420:Bearman, C J (2001).
201:Seventeen Come Sunday
189:
563:English folk singers
369:"Sharp, Cecil James"
135:folk song collector
196:
152:White was born in
349:(Subscription or
117:
116:
570:
532:
531:
529:
527:
513:
507:
506:
504:
502:
488:
482:
481:
479:
477:
463:
457:
456:
446:
440:
439:
437:
435:
426:
417:
408:
407:
405:
403:
389:
383:
382:
364:
355:
354:
346:
344:
342:
323:
316:
301:
300:
298:
296:
282:
276:
275:
273:
271:
257:
72:
70:
65:17 February 1923
51:4 September 1848
32:
18:
578:
577:
573:
572:
571:
569:
568:
567:
538:
537:
536:
535:
525:
523:
515:
514:
510:
500:
498:
490:
489:
485:
475:
473:
465:
464:
460:
448:
447:
443:
433:
431:
424:
419:
418:
411:
401:
399:
391:
390:
386:
366:
365:
358:
348:
340:
338:
318:
317:
304:
294:
292:
284:
283:
279:
269:
267:
259:
258:
251:
246:
228:
226:Further reading
150:
120:Lucy Anna White
79:
74:
68:
66:
57:
52:
50:
49:
39:
23:
12:
11:
5:
576:
574:
566:
565:
560:
555:
550:
540:
539:
534:
533:
508:
483:
458:
441:
409:
384:
356:
302:
277:
248:
247:
245:
242:
241:
240:
236:C.J. Bearman,
234:
227:
224:
218:White died in
166:Charles Marson
149:
146:
115:
114:
111:
107:
106:
105:Jonathon White
103:
99:
98:
95:
94:Known for
91:
90:
85:
81:
80:
75:
73:(aged 74)
63:
59:
58:
53:
47:
45:
41:
40:
34:Lucy White by
33:
25:
24:
21:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
575:
564:
561:
559:
556:
554:
551:
549:
546:
545:
543:
522:
518:
512:
509:
497:
493:
487:
484:
472:
468:
462:
459:
454:
453:
445:
442:
430:
423:
416:
414:
410:
398:
394:
388:
385:
380:
376:
375:
370:
363:
361:
357:
352:
337:
333:
329:
328:
322:
315:
313:
311:
309:
307:
303:
291:
287:
281:
278:
266:
262:
256:
254:
250:
243:
239:
235:
233:
230:
229:
225:
223:
221:
216:
214:
210:
206:
202:
193:
188:
184:
182:
177:
175:
171:
167:
162:
158:
155:
147:
145:
143:
139:
136:
132:
128:
125:
121:
112:
108:
104:
100:
96:
92:
89:
86:
82:
78:
64:
60:
56:
46:
42:
37:
31:
26:
19:
16:
524:. Retrieved
520:
511:
499:. Retrieved
495:
486:
474:. Retrieved
470:
461:
451:
444:
434:25 September
432:. Retrieved
428:
402:17 September
400:. Retrieved
396:
387:
372:
341:25 September
339:. Retrieved
325:
293:. Retrieved
289:
280:
270:25 September
268:. Retrieved
264:
217:
212:
208:
205:Henry Martin
204:
200:
197:
178:
163:
159:
151:
142:Louie Hooper
141:
119:
118:
15:
553:1923 deaths
548:1848 births
526:18 November
501:18 November
476:18 November
295:18 November
209:Sweet Kitty
192:Cecil Sharp
170:Cecil Sharp
138:Cecil Sharp
127:folk-singer
84:Nationality
48:Lucy Bridge
36:Cecil Sharp
542:Categories
353:required.)
244:References
181:Emma Overd
154:Puckington
69:1923-02-18
55:Puckington
22:Lucy White
131:Somerset
110:Children
194:in 1906
124:British
67: (
38:c. 1905
347:
102:Spouse
425:(PDF)
129:from
113:eight
528:2020
503:2020
478:2020
436:2020
429:core
404:2020
343:2020
297:2020
272:2020
211:and
148:Life
62:Died
44:Born
332:doi
544::
519:.
494:.
469:.
427:.
412:^
395:.
377:.
371:.
359:^
324:.
305:^
288:.
263:.
252:^
207:,
203:,
530:.
505:.
480:.
438:.
406:.
381:.
345:.
334::
299:.
274:.
71:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
