# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/friedrich-wilhelm-marpurg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:16:24.261Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/friedrich-wilhelm-marpurg"
name: "Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg"
slug: "friedrich-wilhelm-marpurg"
description: "Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. Described as \"one of Germany's leading mid[18th-]century music critics,\" he was friendly and active with many figures of the Enlightenment."
tagline: "German music critic, music-theorist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Marpurg_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1718-11-21"
deathDate: "1795-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4225352112676056
  historical:           15.34442133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump