# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-quesnel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:04:12.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-quesnel"
name: "Joseph Quesnel"
slug: "joseph-quesnel"
description: "Joseph Quesnel was a French Canadian composer, poet and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile; the former is considered to be the first Canadian opera and probably of North America."
tagline: "Canadian composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schipper_Painting_of_Joseph_Quesnel.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: "1746-11-15"
deathDate: "1809-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.95
  momentum:             4.736842105263158
  historical:           6.138445333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/45e9f51c-27e0-49d5-8173-bf6ac2c002c4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چوزيف كويسنيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Quesnel"
    title: "Joseph Quesnel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Quesnel"
    title: "Joseph Quesnel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Quesnel"
    title: "Joseph Quesnel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Quesnel"
    title: "Joseph Quesnel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Quesnel"
    title: "Joseph Quesnel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1707853"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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