Officers of the Bulgarian Studies Association

Secretary-Treasurer: Martha Forsyth

Email: theforsyths@verizon.net

Martha Forsyth, Secretary-Treasurer
Bulgarian Studies Association
51 Davis Avenue
West Newton, MA 02465-1925

Martha Forsyth is an independent scholar specializing in Bulgarian traditional singing. She has made several research trips to Bulgaria, funded in part by IREX and Fulbright, to "record old ladies singing old songs". Her archive (over 4000 songs) is currently in the process of being transferred to the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. She is a founding member of the Boston-based Bulgarian Music Ensemble ZDRAVETS (www.zdravets.com).

Publications:

• Forsyth, Martha (1996). Listen, Daughter and Remember Well...: The Songs and Life of Línka Gékova Gérgova from the Village of Bístritsa. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press. ISBN 954-07-0765-X, http://www.forsyths.addr.com/linka/
• Two Girls Started to Sing: Bulgarian Village Singing. CD (Rounder #1055, 1992) containing 25 selections from the fieldwork of Martha Forsyth. ISBN 954-07-0765-X.
• Traditional Song I: A Geographical Tour. CD (self-published in 1983) containing selections from the fieldwork of Martha Forsyth. ISBN 0-9724898-1-9.
• Traditional Song II: Songs for Various Functions. CD (self-published in 1983) containing selections from the fieldwork of Martha Forsyth. ISBN 0-9724898-2-7.
• Bulgarian Dialect Glossary (work in progress)

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