I am trying to determine the birth and death dates for Duo-Art artist
Pauline Alpert.  According to an article on the AMICA website [Ref. 1]
the dates are 1900-1988.  However, according to the Eastman School of
Music website [Ref. 2] a Pauline (Edith) Alpert has dates of 1912-1995.

My guess is there are two Pauline Alperts, and the Duo-Art Pauline was
born in 1900 and died in 1988.  Can anyone confirm this, or add more
information?  I know she performed at an AMICA convention sometime in
the 1980s.

A confusing issue is that according to Charles Davis Smith [Ref. 3],
Alpert trained at the Eastman School of Music.  If she was born in
1912, she would have been around age 15 when she recording for Aeolian
in 1927.  It doesn't add up, but then Miss Mickey Graham was allegedly
aged 6 when she made her Deluxe recordings for the Welte Licensee.

Peter Phillips
Sydney
http://petersmidi.com/ 

References:

1. http://www.amica.org/Live/Organization/Honor-Roll/alpert.htm 
2. http://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/alpert/ 
3. Charles Davis Smith: "Catalog of Duo-Art Piano Rolls", page 20, publ.
   by The Player Shop, Monrovia, California, (C) 1987

 [ Robert M. Taylor wrote in Ref. 1:
 [ "Never being one to dispute the word of a woman as to her age and
 [ much less our own expert in such matters (Emmett Ford), there is at
 [ least a difference of opinion as to when Pauline was born.  In one
 [ place her date of birth is listed as 1900 and elsewhere we read 1912
 [ with great authority.  No matter, she was a one of a kind, and we
 [ were all enriched by knowing her in person.  We still have the
 [ pleasure of her magnificent Duo-Art performances."
 [ -- Robbie