# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-printz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:25:44.589Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-printz"
name: "Wolfgang Printz"
slug: "wolfgang-printz"
description: "Wolfgang Caspar Printz, normally referred to as Wolfgang Printz, was a German composer who studied theology and was appointed cantor at Promnitz, Triebel and Sorau. His Historische Beschreibung der edlen Sing- und Klingkunst...von Anfang der Welt bis auf unserer Zeit was the first history of music written in Germany."
tagline: "German composer, music historian and novellist (1641–1717)"
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: "1641-10-10"
deathDate: "1717-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.070662666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%2C_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Принц, Вольфганг Каспар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ولفجانج پرينتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Caspar_Printz"
    title: "Wolfgang Caspar Printz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Caspar_Printz"
    title: "Wolfgang Caspar Printz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Printz"
    title: "Wolfgang Printz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Caspar_Printz"
    title: "Wolfgang Caspar Printz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Caspar_Printz"
    title: "Wolfgang Caspar Printz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84"
    title: "ヴォルフガング・プリンツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Caspar_Printz"
    title: "Wolfgang Caspar Printz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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