# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-gottlob-harrer
# Generated: 2026-08-16T07:06:42.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-gottlob-harrer"
name: "Johann Gottlob Harrer"
slug: "johann-gottlob-harrer"
description: "Johann Gottlob Harrer, more commonly known as Gottlob Harrer, was a German composer and choir leader. From 1731-1750 he worked as private musician to Count Heinrich von Brühl. In 1750 he succeeded Johann Sebastian Bach as Thomaskantor at the St. Thomas School, Leipzig; a post he maintained until his death in 1755."
tagline: "German composer"
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: "1703-05-08"
deathDate: "1755-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.11
  momentum:             9.705882352941176
  historical:           9.204968000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2993558"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چوهان جوتلوب هارير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlob_Harrer"
    title: "Johann Gottlob Harrer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlob_Harrer"
    title: "Gottlob Harrer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlob_Harrer"
    title: "Gottlob Harrer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlob_Harrer"
    title: "Johann Gottlob Harrer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlob_Harrer"
    title: "Johann Gottlob Harrer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlob_Harrer"
    title: "Johann Gottlob Harrer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlob_Harrer"
    title: "Johann Gottlob Harrer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlob_Harrer"
    title: "Johann Gottlob Harrer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d288c734-6443-40fd-a9c8-6a88ae42c717"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97577"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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