# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-wernick
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:06:16.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-wernick"
name: "Richard Wernick"
slug: "richard-wernick"
description: "Richard Frank Wernick was an American composer. He is best known for his chamber and vocal works. His composition Visions of Terror and Wonder won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Music."
tagline: "American composer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-01-16"
deathDate: "2025-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.470626666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4523236/"
    handle:    "nm4523236"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/868759"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ريتشارد ويرنيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wernick"
    title: "Richard Wernick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wernick"
    title: "Richard Wernick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wernick"
    title: "Richard Wernick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7"
    title: "ריצ'רד ורניק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wernick"
    title: "Richard Wernick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6cf7813a-172c-44dd-86eb-120f24eeb28d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3654432"
    title: "Richard Wernick"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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