# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-avison
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:21:57.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-avison"
name: "Charles Avison"
slug: "charles-avison"
description: "Charles Avison was an English composer during the Baroque and Classical periods. He was a church organist at St John The Baptist Church in Newcastle and at St Nicholas's Church. He is most known for his 12 Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti and his Essay on Musical Expression, the first music criticism published in English. He composed in a transitional style that alternated between Baroque and Classical idioms."
tagline: "English composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Avison.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1709"
deathDate: "1770-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.35896533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Px5evZEvbbIPRG2h1TCyD"
    handle:    "4Px5evZEvbbIPRG2h1TCyD"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Avison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Avison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charles Avison"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%A5%E5%B0%94%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E7%BB%B4%E6%A3%AE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump