Herbert Sharpe

Herbert Francis Sharpe (1 March 1861, Halifax – 14 October 1925) was a British composer, pianist, and music teacher. He was the father of Cedric Sharpe.

Sharpe graduated from the National Training School for Music (1875–1882), a direct predecessor of the Royal College of Music, studying piano with John Francis Barnett. From 1884 until the end of his life he taught at the Royal College of Music; according to students’ recollections, he was among the first there to introduce works of the newest French compositional school into regular use. One of his notable pupils was Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Sharpe’s works include a comic opera (left in manuscript), songs, a suite for flute and piano, and piano pieces, including arrangements of Scottish folk melodies and a piano arrangement of Edvard Grieg’s “Norwegian Songs and Dances.” In 1916 he published “Waltz-Serenade” and “In the Evening” for cello. In January 1922 HMV Records made several recordings performed by Cedric and Herbert Sharpe.

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