Peter Kennedy (1922-2006) (In Memoriam‪)‬

The task of encapsulating Peter Kennedy's life into a short article is a formidable one. Here was a man of vision who achieved more in his lifetime than most could fit into several. His body of work is monumental, but at the same time he was in some ways a flawed character. Peter was born in London on 18 November 1922 and died in Gloucestershire on 10 June 2006. He came into a family already steeped in folk music, heirs to the Cecil Sharp legacy, and committed to the English Folk Dance and Song Society His father, Douglas, was the EFDSS's director, and his mother, Helen, its secretary. His aunt, Maud Karpeles, had worked with Cecil Sharp, collecting folk songs in the Appalachian Mountains.