# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-gagnon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:10:29.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-gagnon"
name: "Ernest Gagnon"
slug: "ernest-gagnon"
description: "Ernest Gagnon was a Canadian folklorist, composer, and organist. He is best known for compiling a large amount of French Canadian folk music which he published as Chansons populaires du Canada in 1865–1867. He was greatly admired for his virtuoso performances on the organ and was also considered an expert at plainsong accompaniment."
tagline: "Québécois composer (1834-1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest_Gagnon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1834-11-07"
deathDate: "1915-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.136717333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3pOeLr2CukNZpgNCHxYT4l"
    handle:    "3pOeLr2CukNZpgNCHxYT4l"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/67be3a95-959a-4da4-8d29-cd606b010355"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "إرنست غانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ارنست جانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Gagnon"
    title: "Ernest Gagnon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Gagnon"
    title: "Ernest Gagnon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Gagnon"
    title: "Ernest Gagnon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Gagnon"
    title: "Ernest Gagnon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3056973"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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