# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-merk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:43:43.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-merk"
name: "Joseph Merk"
slug: "joseph-merk"
description: "Joseph Merk was a cellist from the Austrian Empire, often described as one of the most influential of the first half of the 19th century. He also wrote a number of compositions for the cello."
tagline: "Noted Austrian cellist, often described as one of the most influential of the first half of the 19th century (1795–1852)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Merk_Litho.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1795-01-18"
deathDate: "1852-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.86
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           9.403276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e19d9209-5813-4fab-8715-8e81ffd786a4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "جوزيف ميرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "چوزيف ميرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merk"
    title: "Joseph Merk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Merk"
    title: "Josef Merk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merk_(Komponist)"
    title: "Joseph Merk (Komponist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merk"
    title: "Joseph Merk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merk"
    title: "Joseph Merk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merk"
    title: "Joseph Merk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ヨーゼフ・メルク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Merk"
    title: "Josef Merk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541694"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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