time the prize was won by a woman. The International Congress on Women in Music sponsored by International Alliance for Women in Music has established the Pauline Alderman Award for musicological and journalistic works on women in music in 1982. Alderman’s students included composer Williametta Spencer. Works Antoine Boesset and the Air de Cour, Dissertation, 1946 A Survey of Vocal Literature (1952) Theme and Variations (1943–45) Pioneers of Music (1950) We Build a School of Music (1989) (For all intents, a rousing autobiography centered on her years at the School of Music.) References Further reading 1893 births 1983 deaths 20th-century classical composers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh American women composers Educators from Portland, Oregon American women educators Ellison-White Conservatory of Music faculty Juilliard School alumni People from Lafayette, Oregon Pomona College faculty Pupils of Percy Goetschius USC Thornton School of Music alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni University of California, Berkeley faculty American women musicologists University of Southern California faculty University of Strasbourg alumni University of Washington faculty Washington High School (Portland, Oregon) alumni 20th-century American women musicians 20th-century American musicians 20th-century American composers 20th-century American musicologists 20th-century women composers