# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-gipps
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:54.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-gipps"
name: "Ruth Gipps"
slug: "ruth-gipps"
description: "Ruth Dorothy Louisa (\"Wid\") Gipps was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor and educator. She composed music in a wide range of genres, including five symphonies, seven concertos and many chamber and choral works. She founded both the London Repertoire Orchestra and the Chanticleer Orchestra and served as conductor and music director for the City of Birmingham Choir. Later in her life she served as chairwoman of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain."
tagline: "English composer (1921–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Gipps.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1921-02-20"
deathDate: "1999-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.88
  momentum:             18.49953831948292
  historical:           10.78596533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/44y69SILC0SORBI76pBuuW"
    handle:    "Ruth Gipps"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5680921"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%B3"
    title: "روث جيپس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps"
    title: "Ruth Gipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps"
    title: "Ruth Gipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps"
    title: "Ruth Gipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps"
    title: "Ruth Gipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps"
    title: "Ruth Gipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps"
    title: "Ruth Gipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps"
    title: "Ruth Gipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ルース・ギップス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps"
    title: "Ruth Gipps"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%82"
    title: "Джипс, Рут"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d606aee8-fc09-4db9-983e-60c55f03a091"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4160337"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump