# Frederic Clay

> Frederic Emes Clay was an English composer known principally for songs and his music written for the stage.
Although from a musical family, for 16 years Clay made his living as a civil servant in HM Treasury, composing in his spare time, until a legacy in 1873 enabled him to become a full-time composer. He had his first big stage success with Ages Ago (1869), a short comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert, for the small Gallery of Illustration; it ran well and was repeatedly revived. Clay, a great friend of his fellow composer Arthur Sullivan, introduced the latter to Gilbert, leading to the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership.

*English composer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1838-08-03
- **Died:** 1889-11-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 34.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/3338065)
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- [Frederic Clay](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Clay)
- [Frederic Clay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Clay)
- [Frederic Clay](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Clay)
- [Frederic Clay](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Clay)
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- [Frederic Clay](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Clay)
- [Клей, Фредерик](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b73951a7-0a75-4dc3-8e7b-df86a1d8775d)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5497008)

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