Shelley Posen

'Shelley Posen'
Born	Toronto[1]
Residence	Ottawa
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Sheldon Posen, I. Sheldon Posen
Education	PhD Memorial University of Newfoundland
Occupation	Curator of Canadian Folklife
Employer	Canadian Museum of Civilization
Known for	Finest Kind, columnist for Sing Out!
Religion	Jewish
Children	son and daughter[1]
Website
Shelley Posen.com

I. Sheldon Posen is a Canadian folklorist, a member of Finest Kind,^[2] and a former writer of the 'Songfinder' column for Sing Out!.^[3] In the 1970's, while still a graduate student, he was the Director of Mariposa in the Schools. He is presently the Curator of Canadian Folklife at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, a position he was appointed to in 2001.^[1] He has written on the folklore of typical Canadian foods, such as the butter tart.^[4]

Contents 1 Publications and articles 2 Music 3 References 4 External links

Publications and articles

• Old Bush Songs: The Centenary Edition of Banjo Paterson's Classic Collection (review) Folk Music Journal, January 1, 2007.
• English-French Macaronic Songs in Canada- A Research Note and Query. Folksongs [2]
• Posen, IS and Taft M. The Newfoundland Popular Music Project. Canadian Folk Music Journal 1 (1973) pages 17-23
• Posen, IS and Sciorra, J. Brooklyn's Dancing Tower. Natural History 96(6) 1983 pages 30-37

Books Authored

• Posen, I. Sheldon (2004). 626 By 9: A Goal-by-goal Timeline of Maurice the Rocket Richard's Scoring Career in Pictures, Stats, and Stories.. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0660192551. 
• The Canadian Pub Caroler compiled by Shelley Posen OFC Publications, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2002. ISSM # m-706023-00-7 ^[5]
• For Singing and Dancing and All Sorts of Fun. 1992 ISBN 0888791788 Winner of the 1991 Porcupine Book Award^[6]

• Posen, I. Sheldon; Joseph Sciorra; David M Kahn (1989). The Giglio: Brooklyn's Dancing Tower. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Historical Society. OCLC 22905350. 
• Posen, Shelley (2009). The Christmas Canoe. Illustrated by Magdaalene Carson. Renfrew, Ontario, Canada: General Store Publishing House. ISBN 978-1-897508-35-0. OCLC 440090567. 

Music

Songs

• No More Fish, No Fishermen
• When First I Stepped in a Canoe (included in the Canoesong collection^[7])
• "Everyone Loves Shabbes But the Chickens"^[8][9]

• The La-La-Latke Song
• S'mores
• Christmas Trilogy

Solo CDs

• Menorah 2007 Songs from a Jewish life.
• The Old Songs Home 2003
• Manna 2003 Songs about Jewish food.

CDs as part of Finest Kind

• Lost in a Song 1996
• Heart's Delight 1999
• Silks & Spices 2004
• Feasts & Spirits 2004
• For Honour & For Gain 2010

References

External links

• Shelley Posen (official website)
• BBC Four

Persondata
Name	Posen', 'Shelley
Alternative names
Short description	Curator of Canadian Folklife
Date of birth
Place of birth	Toronto, Canada
Date of death
Place of death