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A Church is Burning

original song written, composed, and performed by Paul Simon
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q109817306
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A Church is Burning

Summary

A Church is Burning is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • A Church is Burning's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • A Church is Burning's composer is recorded as Paul Simon[3].
  • A Church is Burning was performed by Paul Simon[4].
  • A Church is Burning's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • A Church is Burning was published on 1965[6].
  • A Church is Burning's lyricist is recorded as Paul Simon[7].
  • A Church is Burning's title is recorded as A Church is Burning[8].
  • A Church is Burning's form of creative work is recorded as song[9].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d5a2e85e-9c03-4e46-946f-6e288cb2a231[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on A Church is Burning was Paul Simon[4].

Publication

A Church is Burning was released on 1965[6]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → song
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    Performer → Paul Simon
    Title → A Church is Burning
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T7000056306, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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