# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-balch-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:28:03.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-balch-wilson"
name: "George Balch Wilson"
slug: "george-balch-wilson"
description: "George Balch Wilson was an American composer who is known for his contributions to electronic music. In 1955 he won the Prix de Rome for composition. He taught for more than 30 years on the faculty of the University of Michigan where he founded and directed the school's electronic music studio. Upon his retirement he was made a professor emeritus."
tagline: "American composer"
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: "1927-01-28"
deathDate: "2021-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.335061333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جورج بالش ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج بالش ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balch_Wilson"
    title: "George Balch Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balch_Wilson"
    title: "George Balch Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جورج بالچ ویلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balch_Wilson"
    title: "George Balch Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5536644"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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