# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-ruthven-lang
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:37:17.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-ruthven-lang"
name: "Margaret Ruthven Lang"
slug: "margaret-ruthven-lang"
description: "Margaret Ruthven Lang was an American composer and violinist primarily active in Boston. Lang is often considered the first woman composer to have a composition performed by a major American symphony orchestra, when her now-lost Dramatic Overture was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1893."
tagline: "American composer (1867–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margaret_Ruthven_Lang_in_profile.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1867-11-27"
deathDate: "1972-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           10.53880533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://margaretruthvenlang.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مارجاريت روثڤين لانج"
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    title: "Margaret Ruthven Lang"
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    title: "Margaret Ruthven Lang"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ruthven_Lang"
    title: "Margaret Ruthven Lang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ruthven_Lang"
    title: "Margaret Ruthven Lang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ruthven_Lang"
    title: "Margaret Ruthven Lang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ruthven_Lang"
    title: "Margaret Ruthven Lang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ruthven_Lang"
    title: "Margaret Ruthven Lang"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump