Miriam Shatal (מרים שתל; December 12, 1903 – November 27[1] 2006) was a Dutch-Israeli biologist, painter and composer[2] of choral works.
Miriam was the sister of Clara Asscher-Pinkhof, who went on to become a successful author of children's books.
[5] Shatal took composition lessons with Haim Alexander, Paul Ben-Haim and Arthur Geidrun.
[4] In 1930,[5] Marianne Pinkhof married Dr. Isidor "Ies" (Hebrew name: Yitzhak) Spangenthal, also from Amsterdam, with whom she had seven children.
[5] Shatal's correspondence with Paul Ben-Haim is archived at the National Library of Israel.