Martha Forsyth

American folklorist and musicologist and collector of Bulgarian authentic folklore. Her passion to collect songs dates back to her years in college, where she studied Russian Language and Literature, and at a certain point took a course in Slavic Folklore. Martha Forsyth started visiting Bulgaria in 1976, met and cooperated with Vergili Atanasov, Annie Ilieva and other scholars from the Institute of Folklore and Musicology. Married to Dick Forsyth.