# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bergsma
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:14:58.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-bergsma"
name: "William Bergsma"
slug: "william-bergsma"
description: "William Laurence Bergsma was an American composer and teacher. He was long associated with Juilliard School, where he taught composition, until he moved to the University of Washington as head of their music school until 1971."
tagline: "American composer"
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: "1921-04-01"
deathDate: "1994-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.139057333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/531461"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "ويليام بيرجسما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bergsma"
    title: "William Bergsma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bergsma"
    title: "William Bergsma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bergsma"
    title: "William Bergsma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bergsma"
    title: "William Bergsma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bergsma"
    title: "William Bergsma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bergsma"
    title: "William Bergsma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bergsma"
    title: "William Bergsma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/25962174-299d-422c-a450-1f306bd74c06"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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