# William Henry Fry

> William Henry Fry was an American composer, music critic, and journalist. Fry was the first known person born in the United States to write for a large symphony orchestra, and the first to compose a publicly performed opera. He was also the first music critic for a major American newspaper, and he was the first known person to insist that his fellow countrymen support American-made music.

*American composer, music critic, and journalist (1813–1864)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1813-08-10
- **Died:** 1864-12-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2989021)
- [ويليام هنري فراي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A)
- [ويليام هنرى فراى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89)
- [William Henry Fry](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Fry)
- [William Henry Fry](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Fry)
- [William Henry Fry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Fry)
- [William Henry Fry](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Fry)
- [Фрай, Уильям Генри (композитор)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80))
- [威廉·亨利·弗赖](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E4%BA%A8%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E5%BC%97%E8%B5%96)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1f712bb5-94d3-412e-93fa-9b795673a871)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438837)

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