# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sebastian-virdung
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:47:41.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sebastian-virdung"
name: "Sebastian Virdung"
slug: "sebastian-virdung"
description: "Sebastian Virdung was a German composer and theorist on musical instruments. He is grouped among the composers known as the Colorists. He studied in Heidelberg as a scholar of Johannes von Soest at the chapel of the ducal court. After being ordained, he became chaplain at the court in Heidelberg. Virdung sung in the choir as a male alto until 1505/1506. Around 1506 he became a singer in the chapel of the court of Württemberg in Stuttgart. The following year, in January 1507, he received one of nine succentorships at Konstanz Cathedral where he educated the choirboys until he was dismissed in 1508 presumably for his difficult temperament."
tagline: "German composer and organologist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Musica_getutscht_und_au%C3%9Fgezogen_012.jpg/330px-Musica_getutscht_und_au%C3%9Fgezogen_012.jpg"
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: "1465"
deathDate: "1511"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.5
  momentum:             1.436170212765958
  historical:           10.94107333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4c9ce484-15ad-4379-b585-db036d750833"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "سيباستيان ڤيردونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Virdung"
    title: "Sebastian Virdung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD"
    title: "Вирдунг, Себастьян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65884"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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