# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sebastian-knupfer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:45:02.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sebastian-knupfer"
name: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
slug: "sebastian-knupfer"
description: "Sebastian Knüpfer was a German composer, conductor and educator. He was the Thomaskantor, cantor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig and director of the towns's church music, from 1657 to 1676."
tagline: "German composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1633-09-06"
deathDate: "1676-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.806876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer"
    title: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "سيباستيان كنوپفير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer"
    title: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer"
    title: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer"
    title: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer"
    title: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer"
    title: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer"
    title: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kn%C3%BCpfer"
    title: "Sebastian Knüpfer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e555989d-19c0-4cdc-8da4-679eda83e908"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71496"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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