Edith Fowke
Edith Fowke, was a Canadian folklorist. Fowke was educated at the University of Saskatchewan. She hosted the CBC Radio program Folk Song Time from 1950 to 1963. She wrote numerous books in collaboration with folklorist and composer Richard Johnston, including Folk Songs of Canada, Folk Songs of Quebec, Chansons canadiennes françaises, and More Folk Songs of Canada''. She is particularly noted for recording the songs of traditional singers O. J. Abbott, LaRena Clark, and Tom Brandon. Edith Fowke died in Toronto in 1996.
Books
Folk Songs of Canada Lumbering Songs from the Northern Woods- Fowke, Edith and Bram Morrison. Canadian vibrations = Vibrations canadiennes. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada.The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs. Selected and Edited by Edith Fowke
- )Folklore of Canada:Tall Tales, Stories, Rhymes and Jokes From Every Corner of Canada
- Folktales of French Canada Singing Out History: Canada's Story in song Traditional Singers and Songs from Ontario by Edith Fowke and Katherine Boykowycz Red Rover, Red Rover: Children's Games Played in Canada Tales Told in Canada Canadian Folklore Perspectives on Canadian Folklore A Family Heritage: The Story and Songs of Larena Clark by Edith Fulton Fowke and Jay Rahn
Recordings
- Collected Folk Songs are in the Canadian Museum of Civilization
- "Irish and British Songs from the Ottawa Valley"
- "Authentic Canadian Folk symbol"
- "Canada at Turn of the Sod"
- "Canada's Queen of Song"
- "LaRena Clark: Canadian Garland"
- "Far Canadian Fields: Companion to the Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs" Leader LEE 4057
- "Folk Songs of Ontario"
- "Lumbering Songs from the Ontario Shanties"
- "Tom Brandon of Peterborough, Ontario"
Awards and honours
- 1978: Member of the Order of Canada
- 1983: Fellow of Royal Society of Canada
- 2000: Lifetime Achievement Award, Folk Alliance
- 2011: Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame