# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-salzman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:46:53.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-salzman"
name: "Eric Salzman"
slug: "eric-salzman"
description: "Eric Salzman was an American composer, scholar, author, impresario, music critic, and record producer. He is best known for his contributions to 'New Music Theater,' a concept he advanced through both his compositions and writings. He established it as an independent art form, distinct from grand opera and popular musicals, both aesthetically and economically. He co-founded the American Music Theater Festival and was, at the time of his death in 2017, Composer-in-Residence at the Center for Contemporary Opera."
tagline: "American musicologist and composer (1933–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Salzman_Composer.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: "1933-09-08"
deathDate: "2017-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.79
  momentum:             2.727272727272728
  historical:           5.738049333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ericsalzman.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/296877"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اريك سالزمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Salzman"
    title: "Eric Salzman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Salzman"
    title: "Eric Salzman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Salzman"
    title: "Eric Salzman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Salzman"
    title: "Eric Salzman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c3efd9db-9a7b-4b94-894a-86196f6f41ed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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