Editing Cecil Sharp (section)

===Influence on English classical music===
Sharp's work coincided with a period of [[nationalism]] in [[classical music]], the idea being to reinvigorate and give distinctiveness to English classical composition by grounding it in the characteristic melodic patterns and recognisable tone intervals and ornaments of its national folk music. Among the composers who took up this goal was [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], who incorporated many melodies from Sharp's collections into his compositions, as well as a number from his own fieldwork in England.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Harvey |first=Adam |date=2012 |title=English Folk Songs and Other Traditional Tunes in the Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams |journal=Journal of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society |volume=54 |pages=192–218}}</ref>