# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juan-bautista-plaza
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:36:38.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juan-bautista-plaza"
name: "Juan Bautista Plaza"
slug: "juan-bautista-plaza"
description: "Juan Bautista Plaza Alfonso was a classical composer. He began studies in medicine at the Central University of Venezuela but, with time, left in order to dedicate himself to music. His first teacher was Jesus Maria Suárez. He studied in Rome from 1920 and 1923 and obtained the title of professor of sagrada (sacred) composition. After his return to Venezuela he was named Master of Chapel at Caracas Cathedral and carried out this position until the year 1948. In the Caracas Superior Music School he taught music history and appreciation to composer Antonio Lauro and singer Morella Muñoz."
tagline: "Venezuelan musician (1898–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan_Bautista_Plaza_1930s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1898-07-19"
deathDate: "1965-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             12.36111111111111
  historical:           7.20936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Пласа Альфонсо, Хуан Баутиста"
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    title: "چوان باوتيستا پلازا"
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    title: "Juan Bautista Plaza"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Plaza"
    title: "Juan Bautista Plaza"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Plaza"
    title: "Juan Bautista Plaza"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Plaza"
    title: "Juan Bautista Plaza"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bautista_Plaza"
    title: "Juan Bautista Plaza"
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    title: "フアン・バウティスタ・プラーサ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump