# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joachim-a-burck
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:17:11.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joachim-a-burck"
name: "Joachim a Burck"
slug: "joachim-a-burck"
description: "Joachim von Burck, also Joachim a Burgk or Joachim Moller was a German composer, notable for an early German Passion setting.\nAs Johann Sebastian Bach's predecessor at the church of St Blasius, he pioneered the musical life in post-Reformation Mühlhausen, bringing it to early fruition. Influenced by the tradition of Flemish polyphony and the Italian madrigal, he developed his own style, focusing on clarity of expression. Considering himself a servant to the word of God, he discovered the German language as the foundation of his work, pragmatically addressing the congregation: \"for I have aimed to set the words to the music in a manner that almost each syllable has its own note and that the four parts sing the words simultaneously in order that the listener can hear the words clearly.\"\nBurck's compositions were widely disseminated and acclaimed for their suitability for common use."
tagline: "German musician"
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: "1546"
deathDate: "1610-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.003132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "چواكيم اى بورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_a_Burck"
    title: "Joachim a Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_a_Burck"
    title: "Joachim a Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_a_Burck"
    title: "Joachim a Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_a_Burck"
    title: "Joachim a Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Moller"
    title: "Joachim Moller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_a_Burck"
    title: "Joachim a Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_a_Burck"
    title: "Joachim a Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_a_Burck"
    title: "Joachim a Burck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0246c569-6ead-4b97-bab2-dd1033ef4f45"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1690611"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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