# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-zimmermann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:30:12.437Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-zimmermann"
name: "Frederick Zimmermann"
slug: "frederick-zimmermann"
description: "Frederick Zimmermann was an American double bassist and teacher. He played in the New York Philharmonic from 1930 to 1966 and taught at the Juilliard School, Mannes School of Music, Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music, and New York University. He was an influential double bass teacher in the 20th century. In his \"A New History of the Double Bass\", Paul Brun describes Zimmermann as the \"father of bass teaching in the United States\"."
tagline: "American double bassist (1906-1967)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1906-05-18"
deathDate: "1967-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39
  momentum:             3.357685563997663
  historical:           6.137689333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/67728db2-734a-493b-872e-5f94b8ae4cbe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فريدريك زيمارمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فريدريك زيمارمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Zimmermann"
    title: "Frederick Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Zimmermann"
    title: "Frederick Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Zimmermann"
    title: "Frederick Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Zimmermann"
    title: "Frederick Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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