TY - JOUR AU - Hoefnagels, Anna PY - 2010/02/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Children’s Folk Music in Canada: Histories, Performers and Canons JF - MUSICultures JA - MC VL - 37 IS - 0 SE - I. Heritage / Patrimonialisation DO - UR - https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/20224 SP - AB - In this paper the author explores the origins, growth and popularity of prominent children’s performers and their repertoires in English Canada from the 1960s-1980s, arguing that this period saw the formation of a canon of children’s folk music in Canada. Various factors that have supported the creation of a children’s folk music canon are highlighted, including the role of folk song collectors, folk singers, educational institutions, media outlets and the role of parents in the perpetuation of a particular canon of folk songs for children. ER -