# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fartein-valen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:53:31.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fartein-valen"
name: "Fartein Valen"
slug: "fartein-valen"
description: "Olav Fartein Valen was a Norwegian composer, notable for his work in atonal polyphonic music. He developed a polyphony similar to Bach's counterpoint, but based on motivic working and dissonance rather than harmonic progression."
tagline: "Norwegian composer (1887–1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrett_av_Fartein_Valen_(1887-1952).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1887-08-25"
deathDate: "1952-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  234
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump