# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tarquinio-merula
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:59:51.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tarquinio-merula"
name: "Tarquinio Merula"
slug: "tarquinio-merula"
description: "Tarquinio Merula was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school. He was one of the most progressive Italian composers of the early 17th century, especially in applying newly developed techniques to sacred music."
tagline: "Italian composer and organist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tarquiniomerula.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1595-11-24"
deathDate: "1665-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.826316
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14363047/"
    handle:    "nm14363047"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/43ekgJi2ru1CjXyLUzxkpV"
    handle:    "43ekgJi2ru1CjXyLUzxkpV"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تاركوين مينيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "タルクィニオ・メールラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BE"
    title: "Мерула, Тарквинио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarquinio_Merula"
    title: "Tarquinio Merula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279875"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump