# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-erickson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:14:27.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-erickson"
name: "Robert Erickson"
slug: "robert-erickson"
description: "Robert Erickson was an American modernist composer and influential music teacher. He was one of the first American composers to explore the twelve tone technique and to compose tape music."
tagline: "American composer, author, and educator (1917-1997)"
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: "1917-03-07"
deathDate: "1997-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.807488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روبرت إريكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "روبرت اريكسون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erickson_(compositor)"
    title: "Robert Erickson (compositor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erickson"
    title: "Robert Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erickson"
    title: "Robert Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erickson"
    title: "Robert Erickson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2092afce-995a-4328-adbc-7c35bd1c2294"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2157033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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