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contrafact

musical work based on a prior work. In jazz, a contrafact is a musical composition consisting of a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure.
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contrafact

Summary

contrafact is a type of musical work/composition[1]. contrafact draws 65 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_work_composition category, ranking #45 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • contrafact's instance of is recorded as type of musical work/composition[3].
  • contrafact's subclass of is recorded as composed musical work[4].
  • contrafact's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dxr53[5].
  • contrafact's has list is recorded as list of jazz contrafacts[6].

Why It Matters

contrafact draws 65 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_work_composition category, ranking #45 of 96).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). contrafact. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/contrafact
MLA “contrafact.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/contrafact.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_contrafact_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{contrafact}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/contrafact}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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