# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-allard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:04:24.018Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-allard"
name: "Joseph Allard"
slug: "joseph-allard"
description: "Joseph Allard was a Canadian fiddler and composer. He occasionally recorded under the pseudonym Maxime Toupin. Allard made many popular recordings, including Reel de l'Aveugle, Reel de Chateauguay, Reel de Jacques Cartier, and Reel du voyageur. During most of his life he was rarely in the public eye, and worked much of his life as a fisherman. After his recordings became popular, he was known as The Prince of Fiddlers."
tagline: "Canadian fiddler and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JosephAllard1927.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1873-07-01"
deathDate: "1947-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.337293333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a83fef49-15a3-4f20-970a-f6ea6115baf2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جوزيف ألارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "چوزيف الارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allard_(Fiddler)"
    title: "Joseph Allard (Fiddler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allard_(fiddler)"
    title: "Joseph Allard (fiddler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Allard_(violoniste)"
    title: "Joseph Allard (violoniste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Аллар, Жозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394244"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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