| Marian Wilson Kimber | |
| Workplaces: | University of Iowa |
| Thesis Title: | Felix Mendelssohn's Works for Solo Piano and Orchestra: Sources and Composition |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.proquest.com/docview/304052396 |
| Thesis Year: | 1993 |
| Discipline: | Musicologist |
| Birth Name: | Marian Wilson |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Douglas Seaton |
| Main Interests: | 19th century music |
Marian Wilson Kimber is an American musicologist and a Professor of Music at the University of Iowa.
Having completed a dissertation on the autograph scores of Felix Mendelssohn's piano concertos, Wilson Kimber received her PhD in Musicology from Florida State University in 1993.[1] Her work covers topics of gender, biography, performance, and bibliography in the nineteenth century. Specifically, she has published on Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Jane Austen, spoken-word recitation to musical accompaniment, and female performance genres.[2] Wilson Kimber's recent book The Elocutionists: Women, Music, and the Spoken Word (University of Illinois Press, 2017), was a recipient of grants from both the American Musicological Society and the Society for American Music.[3]