# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-schonthal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:30:51.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-schonthal"
name: "Ruth Schönthal"
slug: "ruth-schonthal"
description: "Ruth Esther Hadassah Schonthal was an acclaimed classical composer, pianist, and teacher. Born in Germany, she lived in the U.S. for most of her life. After she moved to the U.S. she dropped the umlaut from the name Schönthal. She came to study composition at Yale University in 1946. After her marriage in 1950 she lived first in New York City and then in New Rochelle."
tagline: "German composer (1924–2006)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-06-27"
deathDate: "2006-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.23
  momentum:             2.890995260663507
  historical:           7.476458666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4278666/"
    handle:    "nm4278666"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1991949"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "روث ستشونثال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Sch%C3%B6nthal"
    title: "Ruth Schönthal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Sch%C3%B6nthal"
    title: "Ruth Schönthal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Sch%C3%B6nthal"
    title: "Ruth Schönthal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Sch%C3%B6nthal"
    title: "Ruth Schönthal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Sch%C3%B6nthal"
    title: "Ruth Schönthal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "రూత్ స్కోంతల్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/87123b7c-5d40-4097-a0c0-2168f8d79dbf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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