# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-rufer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:43.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-rufer"
name: "Josef Rufer"
slug: "josef-rufer"
description: "Josef Rufer (1893–1985) was an Austrian-born musicologist. He is regarded as a significant figure mainly on account of his association with and writings on Arnold Schoenberg."
tagline: "Austrian musicologist (1893–1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Josef_Rufer_-_Friedhof_Nikolassee_-_Mutter_Erde_fec.JPG/330px-Josef_Rufer_-_Friedhof_Nikolassee_-_Mutter_Erde_fec.JPG"
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: "1893-12-18"
deathDate: "1985-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.73801333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5775014"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چوزيف روفير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rufer"
    title: "Josef Rufer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rufer"
    title: "Josef Rufer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rufer"
    title: "Josef Rufer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rufer"
    title: "Josef Rufer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rufer"
    title: "Josef Rufer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヨーゼフ・ルーファー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rufer"
    title: "Josef Rufer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rufer"
    title: "Josef Rufer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Руфер, Йозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Rufer"
    title: "Josef Rufer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/87d7f7b0-03f7-4a9a-82dc-9da5ec11d165"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71198"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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