# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claudio-merulo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:41:07.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claudio-merulo"
name: "Claudio Merulo"
slug: "claudio-merulo"
description: "Claudio Merulo was an Italian composer, publisher and organist of the late Renaissance period, most famous for his innovative keyboard music and his ensemble music composed in the Venetian polychoral style. He was born in Correggio and died in Parma. Born Claudio Merlotti, he Latinised his surname when he became famous in Venetian cultural clubs."
tagline: "Italian organist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claudius_Merulus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1533-04-08"
deathDate: "1604-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.95374533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump