# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deems-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:07:22.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deems-taylor"
name: "Deems Taylor"
slug: "deems-taylor"
description: "Joseph Deems Taylor was an American composer, radio commentator, music critic, and author. Nat Benchley, co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as \"the dean of American music.\" He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1934."
tagline: "American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music (1885–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deems_Taylor_portrait_by_Carl_Van_Vechten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1885-12-22"
deathDate: "1966-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.60432533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852252/"
    handle:    "nm0852252"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جوزيف تايلور (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چوزيف تايلور (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deems_Taylor"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deems_Taylor"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deems_Taylor"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deems_Taylor"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deems_Taylor"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "דימס טיילור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deems_Taylor"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deems_Taylor"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deems_Taylor"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Тейлор, Димс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дімс Тейлор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/93f81e5b-aa89-4218-85b3-76c709b6e3af"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284386"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565402"
    title: "Deems Taylor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump