# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-bainton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:04:24.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-bainton"
name: "Edgar Bainton"
slug: "edgar-bainton"
description: "Edgar Leslie Bainton was a British-born, latterly Australian-resident composer. He is remembered today mainly for his liturgical anthem And I saw a new heaven, a popular work in the repertoire of Anglican church music, but during recent years Bainton's other musical works, neglected for decades, have been increasingly available in commercial recordings."
tagline: "British composer (1880–1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar_Bainton%2C_Head_of_Sydney_Conservatorium_as_Melbourne_radio_quest_judge_(31658674421).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1880-02-14"
deathDate: "1956-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.2
  momentum:             0.2879581151832462
  historical:           10.08081466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sNVjmCV41ffCJk2WKr8xs"
    handle:    "Edgar Leslie Bainton"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3029120"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ادجار باينتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bainton"
    title: "Edgar Bainton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bainton"
    title: "Edgar Bainton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bainton"
    title: "Edgar Bainton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bainton"
    title: "Edgar Bainton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bainton"
    title: "Edgar Bainton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bainton"
    title: "Edgar Bainton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bainton"
    title: "Edgar Bainton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エドガー・ベイントン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bainton"
    title: "Edgar Bainton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/15970f86-b7ba-498a-9958-70f1b3d735bf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q919187"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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