# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-leigh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:18:20.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-leigh"
name: "Walter Leigh"
slug: "walter-leigh"
description: "Walter Leigh was an English composer. Leigh is best known for his Concertino for harpsichord and string orchestra, written in 1934. Other famous works include the overture Agincourt and The Frogs of Aristophanes for chorus and orchestra. He wrote music for documentary films and there is an unfinished sketch for a symphony."
tagline: "English composer (1905–1942)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1905-06-22"
deathDate: "1942-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.32
  momentum:             6.568047337278107
  historical:           7.676278666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500309/"
    handle:    "nm0500309"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kaLG5ztLRlP0dQR47tGv2"
    handle:    "6kaLG5ztLRlP0dQR47tGv2"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2363310"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "والتر ليج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Leigh"
    title: "Walter Leigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Leigh"
    title: "Walter Leigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Leigh"
    title: "Walter Leigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウォルター・リー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Leigh"
    title: "Walter Leigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ded38c03-b290-43dd-a0ca-4415f90ea65f"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707248"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1608986"
    title: "Walter Leigh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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