# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pauline-alderman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:39:31.521Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pauline-alderman"
name: "Pauline Alderman"
slug: "pauline-alderman"
description: "Edith Pauline Alderman was an American musicologist and composer. She was the founder and the first Chairwoman of the Department of Music History and Literature (musicology) at the University of Southern California, between 1952 and 1960."
tagline: "American musicologist and composer (1893–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pauline_Alderman_(1911_yearbook_photo).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1893-01-16"
deathDate: "1983-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.25
  momentum:             10.90909090909091
  historical:           5.468934666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Alderman"
    title: "Pauline Alderman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بولين ألدرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بولين الدرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Alderman"
    title: "Pauline Alderman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Alderman"
    title: "Pauline Alderman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Alderman"
    title: "Pauline Alderman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2063755"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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