# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johannes-hieronymus-kapsberger
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:03:13.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johannes-hieronymus-kapsberger"
name: "Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger"
slug: "johannes-hieronymus-kapsberger"
description: "Johannes Hieronymus von Kapsberger, commonly known by his Italian name: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, was an Austrian-Italian virtuoso performer and composer of the early Baroque period. A prolific and highly original composer, Kapsberger is chiefly remembered today for his lute and theorbo (chitarrone) music, which was seminal in the development of these as solo instruments."
tagline: "German-Italian virtuoso performer and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kapsberger_-_Libro_primo_di_Villanelle.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1580"
deathDate: "1651-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.70662666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9855526/"
    handle:    "nm9855526"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3j1vfGPWtqgWj28ED2puXs"
    handle:    "Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump