Editing Cecil Sharp (section)

==In Australia==
Sharp decided to emigrate to [[Australia]] on his father's suggestion.<ref name=adb/> He arrived in [[Adelaide]] in November 1882 and early in 1883 obtained a position as a clerk in the Commercial Bank of South Australia. He read some law, and in April 1884 became associate to the Chief Justice, [[Samuel Way|Sir Samuel James Way]]. He held this position until 1889 when he resigned and gave his whole time to music. He had become assistant organist at [[St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide|St Peter's Cathedral]] soon after he arrived, and had been conductor of the Government House Choral Society and the Cathedral Choral Society. Later he became conductor of the Adelaide Philharmonic, and in 1889 entered into partnership with [[I. G. Reimann]] as joint director of the Adelaide College of Music.

He was very successful as a lecturer but around the middle of 1891 the partnership was dissolved. The school continued under Reimann and in 1898 developed into the [[Elder Conservatorium|Elder Conservatorium of Music]] in connexion with the university. Sharp had made many friends and an address with over 300 signatures asked him to continue his work at Adelaide, but he decided to return to England and arrived there in January 1892. During his stay in Adelaide he composed the music for an operetta called ''Dimple's Lovers'' performed by the [[Adelaide Garrick Club]] at the [[Albert Hall, Adelaide|Albert Hall]] on 9 September 1890,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208391265 |title=Amusements |newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]] |volume=XXVII |issue=8,031 |location=South Australia |date=10 September 1890 |access-date=20 February 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and two light operas, ''Sylvia'', which was produced at the [[Theatre Royal, Adelaide|Theatre Royal]] on 4 December 1890, and ''The Jonquil''. The libretto in each case was written by [[Guy Boothby]]. Sharp also wrote the music for some nursery rhymes which were sung by the Cathedral Choral Society.