# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-froese
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:54:16.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-froese"
name: "Edgar Froese"
slug: "edgar-froese"
description: "Edgar Willmar Froese was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group until his death. His solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as \"Edgar Froese\", and his later solo albums bear the name \"Edgar W. Froese\"."
tagline: "German electronic music pioneer (1944-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tangerine-dream-ebw-2_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-06-06"
deathDate: "2015-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.11
  momentum:             0.2393700787401575
  historical:           23.234072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296209/"
    handle:    "nm0296209"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "2XP4UvuJoUxBIjO95l8Mlr"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.edgarfroese.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "إدغار فرويز"
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    title: "エドガー・フローゼ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Froese"
    title: "Edgar Froese"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Froese"
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    title: "Фрёзе, Эдгар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edgar Froese"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump