# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-kretzschmar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:25:39.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-kretzschmar"
name: "Hermann Kretzschmar"
slug: "hermann-kretzschmar"
description: "August Ferdinand Hermann Kretzschmar was a German musicologist and writer, and is considered a founder of hermeneutics in musical interpretation and study."
tagline: "German teacher, performer, musicologist and author (1848-1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UdK.Institut.fuer.Kirchenmusik.Hermann.Kretzschmar.Bronzebueste.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1848-01-19"
deathDate: "1924-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.03
  momentum:             0.4807692307692308
  historical:           9.207848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هيرمان كريتزستشمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Hermann Kretzschmar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kretzschmar_(Musikwissenschaftler)"
    title: "Hermann Kretzschmar (Musikwissenschaftler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Hermann Kretzschmar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Hermann Kretzschmar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Hermann Kretzschmar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Hermann Kretzschmar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Hermann Kretzschmar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Кречмар, Герман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kretzschmar"
    title: "Hermann Kretzschmar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64542"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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