# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emils-melngailis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:30:34.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emils-melngailis"
name: "Emīls Melngailis"
slug: "emils-melngailis"
description: "Emilis Jūlijs Melngailis was a Latvian composer, folklorist, and a master of choral songs. He was an organizer and chief conductor of Latvian Song and Dance Festival several times. He wrote 53 original songs for a cappella choir, and finished numerous national folk songs."
tagline: "Latvian composer (1874-1954)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1874-02-15"
deathDate: "1954-12-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.47
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           6.602448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2368663"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "اميليس ميلنجايليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilis_J%C5%ABlis_Melngailis"
    title: "Emilis Jūlis Melngailis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilis_Melngailis"
    title: "Emilis Melngailis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilis_Melngailis"
    title: "Emilis Melngailis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilis_Melngailis"
    title: "Emilis Melngailis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Мелнгайлис, Эмиль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb901230-8016-4d1c-bfac-0488b633d340"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337560"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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