@Pseudonymous re your 23 Feb 20 - 02:27 AM post. I think you are overcomplicating things in your discussion of Sharp. He sets out his way of thinking at the time very clearly in Chapter 1 of "Some Conclusions".

One line of thought I have had whilst reading about 'mediation' of Folk music is "have I, during the 'second revival', been conned or unintentionally misled?". I read "Some Conclusions" in the mid 1970's but, despite the convincing criticisms of it in recent discussions, I don't think it sent me down the wrong track. I found one reason why.

Like some others I have been looking at the first edition of "Some Conclusions" found online. Having finished another book (which you will want to discuss) and looking for a place on the shelf for it I discovered that the "Some Conclusions" I had read was the 1965 edition edited by Maud Karples. It has a 1964 Preface giving 9 pages of Sharp mediated by Karples. I think that takes the edge off many of the criticisms (and probably gives scope for some new ones) so whilst the first edition is what we need for discussing the 'first revival' if we are considering what other people say about Sharp we shouldn't miss out Karples later thoughts.

Off-topic, harking back to Harker. The chapter title "The Strong Men and Women before Agamemnon is an unacknowledged 'quote' from Vaughan Williams' 1954 Appreciation of Sharp in the later editions of "Some Conclusions". Except that Vaugham Williams has "there were strong men before Agamemnon". He also has "... tunes which the average amateur could easily sing... ... with accompaniments which their sisters or girlfriends could easily play"