# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/velvel-pasternak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:52.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/velvel-pasternak"
name: "Velvel Pasternak"
slug: "velvel-pasternak"
description: "Velvel Pasternak was a musicologist, conductor, arranger, producer, and publisher specializing in Jewish music. In 1981, the New York Times described him as \"an expert on the music of the Hasidic sect and probably the largest publisher of Jewish music anywhere, although he was quick to note that publishing Jewish music is a business that attracts few rivals.\""
tagline: "American musician (1933-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Velvel_Pasternak_photo_2011.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1933-10-01"
deathDate: "2019-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.270518666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3476400/"
    handle:    "nm3476400"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvel_Pasternak"
    title: "Velvel Pasternak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ڤيلڤيل پاستيرناك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvel_Pasternak"
    title: "Velvel Pasternak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/25a18f7b-dba5-4b6e-ad0b-5e3ed0294bf9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A7"
    title: "ולוול פסטרנק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvel_Pasternak"
    title: "Velvel Pasternak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7919371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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