# Martha Feldman

> Martha Feldman is an American musicologist and cultural historian. Since 1990 she has taught at the University of Chicago where she is Ferdinand Schevill Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Music and the college. Feldman also holds appointments to the faculty of Theater and Performance Studies and serves as affiliated faculty in Romance Languages and Literatures and at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Born in Philadelphia to a family of artists, she studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her doctorate in Music History and Theory in 1987. She is married to composer and jazz musician Patricia Barber.

*American musicologist and cultural historian*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/martha-feldman

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1954
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Martha Feldman is an American musicologist and cultural historian. Since 1990 she has taught at the University of Chicago where she is Ferdinand Schevill Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Music and the college. Feldman also holds appointments to the faculty of Theater and Performance Studies and serves as affiliated faculty in Romance Languages and Literatures and at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Born in Philadelphia to a family of artists, she studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her doctorate in Music History and Theory in 1987. She is married to composer and jazz musician Patricia Barber.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 2.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 51.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Martha Feldman (musicologist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Feldman_(musicologist))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/33015bf4-22fd-4594-abeb-ace0a8916633)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110866804)

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