# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-mason
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:17:38.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-mason"
name: "William Mason"
slug: "william-mason"
description: "William Mason was an American composer and pianist and a member of a musical family. His father was composer Lowell Mason, a leading figure in American church music, and his younger brother, Henry Mason, was a co-founder of the piano manufacturers Mason & Hamlin."
tagline: "American composer (1829–1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Mason.png?width=1200"
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: "1829-01-24"
deathDate: "1908-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.207776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3924129"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "ويليام ماسون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "ويليام ماسون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mason"
    title: "William Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mason_(Komponist)"
    title: "William Mason (Komponist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mason_(composer)"
    title: "William Mason (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mason_(compositor)"
    title: "William Mason (compositor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mason_(s%C3%A4velt%C3%A4j%C3%A4)"
    title: "William Mason (säveltäjä)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mason_(compositeur)"
    title: "William Mason (compositeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mason"
    title: "William Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e5fbf76a-3ed4-4350-8ce6-b78b522e7a9a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321967"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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