# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-lawrence-freeman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:56:12.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-lawrence-freeman"
name: "Harry Lawrence Freeman"
slug: "harry-lawrence-freeman"
description: "Harry Lawrence Freeman was an American neoromantic opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher. He was the first African-American to write an opera that was successfully produced. Freeman founded the Freeman School of Music and the Freeman School of Grand Opera, as well as several short-lived opera companies which gave first performances of his own compositions. During his life, he was known as \"the black Wagner.\""
tagline: "American composer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Harry_Lawrence_Freeman.jpg"
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: "1869-10-09"
deathDate: "1954-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.671958666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Harry Lawrence Freeman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاري لورنس فريمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هارى لورانس فريمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Гаррі Лоренс Фрімен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Фримен, Гарри Лоренс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lawrence_Freeman"
    title: "Harry Lawrence Freeman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15998505"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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