# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-clay-work
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:26.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-clay-work"
name: "Henry Clay Work"
slug: "henry-clay-work"
description: "Henry Clay Work was an American songwriter and composer. He is best remembered for his musical contributions to the Union in the Civil War—songs documenting the afflictions of slavery, the hardships of army life, and Northern triumphs in the conflict. Besides patriotic pieces, he composed sentimental ballads, some of which promoted the growing temperance movement. Many of Work's compositions were performed at minstrel shows and Civil War veteran reunions. Although largely forgotten nowadays, he was one of the most successful musicians of his time, comparable to Stephen Foster and George F. Root in sales and sheer influence."
tagline: "American composer and songwriter (1832-1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Clay_Work.png?width=1200"
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: "1832-10-01"
deathDate: "1884-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.38
  momentum:             3.523489932885906
  historical:           9.245684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1281734/"
    handle:    "nm1281734"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هنري كلاي وورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هنرى كلاى ورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Work"
    title: "Henry Clay Work"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Work"
    title: "Henry Clay Work"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Work"
    title: "Henry Clay Work"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ヘンリー・クレイ・ワーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%A8%EB%A6%AC_%ED%81%B4%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4_%EC%9B%8C%ED%81%AC"
    title: "헨리 클레이 워크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Work"
    title: "Henry Clay Work"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Work"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8533abc2-31bb-41e4-925c-d48a66809aa8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump