# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abraham-van-den-kerckhoven
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:24:07.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abraham-van-den-kerckhoven"
name: "Abraham van den Kerckhoven"
slug: "abraham-van-den-kerckhoven"
description: "Abraham van den Kerckhoven was a Flemish organist and composer. He was active in Brussels, working as organist at the local Saint Catherine's Church and as court organist. He was held in high regard by his contemporaries. A single collection of his works survives, containing numerous short versets and several longer works for organ, displaying his mastery of counterpoint and revealing the influence of various other composers, particularly Peeter Cornet."
tagline: "Flemish composer and organist"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1618"
deathDate: "1702-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.15
  momentum:             2.125244618395303
  historical:           7.872138666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ابراهام ڤان دين كيركخوڤين"
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    title: "Abraham van den Kerckhoven"
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    title: "אברהם ואן דן קרקהובן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump