# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-smijers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:49:54.841Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-smijers"
name: "Albert Smijers"
slug: "albert-smijers"
description: "Albertus Antonius Smijers was a Dutch musicologist who served as Professor of Musicology at the University of Utrecht. As one of the first Dutch musicologists to receive a doctorate, he chaired several organisations such as the International Musicological Society. Smijers was also a noted authority on Josquin des Pres; he published 44 volumes of Werken van Josquin des Prez from 1941 until his death, while another 11 volumes were published posthumously by his students."
tagline: "Dutch priest and musicologist (1888-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert_Smijers.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1888-07-19"
deathDate: "1957-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.21
  momentum:             3.888888888888889
  historical:           5.469366666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Albert Smijers"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Smijers"
    title: "Albert Smijers"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Smijers"
    title: "Albert Smijers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1057048"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Smijers"
    title: "Albert Smijers"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Smijers"
    title: "Albert Smijers"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13428928"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump