# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-parry-q3395608
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:37:40.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-parry-q3395608"
name: "Joseph Parry"
slug: "joseph-parry-q3395608"
description: "Joseph Parry was a Welsh composer and musician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, he is best known as the composer of \"Myfanwy\" and the hymn tune \"Aberystwyth\". Parry was also the first Welshman to compose an opera; his composition, Blodwen, was the first opera in the Welsh language."
tagline: "Welsh composer (1841–1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr_Joseph_Parry_(Pencerdd_America%2C_1841-1903)_NLW3364255_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1841-05-21"
deathDate: "1903-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.63
  momentum:             1.415094339622642
  historical:           10.821168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
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    title: "چوزيف پارى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Joseph Parry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0013da97-3fa2-43b6-846b-953ca8b35a13"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3395608"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump