Child Ballads

collection of 305 traditional ballads, collected by Francis James Child
CreativeWork thematic_catalog Q2517093
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Child Ballads

Summary

Child Ballads is a thematic catalog[1]. It draws 170 Wikipedia views per month (thematic_catalog category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Child Ballads authored Francis James Child[3].
  • Child Ballads's instance of is recorded as thematic catalog[4].
  • Child Ballads's instance of is recorded as folk song collection[5].
  • Child Ballads's OCLC number is recorded as 989698395[6].
  • Child Ballads's is a list of is recorded as ballad[7].
  • Child Ballads's Commons category is recorded as Child Ballads[8].
  • Child Ballads's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Child Ballads's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y0yf[10].
  • Child Ballads's has edition or translation is recorded as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads[11].
  • Child Ballads's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Child Ballads[12].
  • Child Ballads's Commons gallery is recorded as Child Ballads[13].
  • Child Ballads's MusicBrainz series ID is recorded as 6168a438-66cb-4ccc-8e09-181bb3cd1761[14].
  • Child Ballads's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-English-and-Scottish-Popular-Ballads[15].
  • Child Ballads's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The English and Scottish Popular Ballads'}[16].
  • Child Ballads's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as child-ballads[17].
  • Child Ballads's collection creator is recorded as Francis James Child[18].
  • Child Ballads's narrative motif is recorded as outlaw[19].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Child Ballads authored Francis James Child[3].

Publication

Child Ballads's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].

Why It Matters

Child Ballads draws 170 Wikipedia views per month (thematic_catalog category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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