Deutsche Grammophon

German classical music record label
Organization record_label Q168407
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Deutsche Grammophon

Summary

Deutsche Grammophon is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (860 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Deutsche Grammophon is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's instance of is recorded as production company[6].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's founder is recorded as Emile Berliner[7].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's founder is recorded as Joseph Berliner[8].
  • Deutsche Grammophon is owned by Universal Music Group[9].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's genre is classical music[10].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's headquarters location is recorded as Hanover[11].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin[12].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's headquarters location is recorded as Hamburg[13].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's has organizational division is recorded as Karussell[14].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's child organization or unit is recorded as Archiv Produktion[15].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's Commons category is recorded as Deutsche Grammophon[16].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's industry is recorded as music industry[17].
  • December 6, 1898 marks the founding of Deutsche Grammophon[18].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[19].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's distributed by is recorded as Decca[20].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's distributed by is recorded as Verve Records[21].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's official website is recorded as https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/[22].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[23].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Deutsche Grammophon'}[24].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Deutsche'}[25].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's different from is recorded as Gramophone[26].
  • Deutsche Grammophon's has works in the collection is recorded as Anne Frank House[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Holding[28]

  • Began / founded: 1898-12-06[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 840502e1-7792-464c-9924-74de621432dd[30]

Body

Founding

Founders include Emile Berliner[7] and Joseph Berliner[8]. December 6, 1898 marks the founding of Deutsche Grammophon[18].

Identity

Deutsche Grammophon's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Deutsche'}[25].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Hanover[11], a big city[31], in Germany[32]; Berlin[12], a seat of government[33], in Margraviate of Brandenburg[34], founded in 1244[35]; and Hamburg[13], a federated state of Germany[36], in Holy Roman Empire[37]. Deutsche Grammophon's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[19]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Archiv Produktion[15].

Industry

Deutsche Grammophon's industry is recorded as music industry[17].

Ownership

Deutsche Grammophon is owned by Universal Music Group[9].

Why It Matters

Deutsche Grammophon ranks in the top 4% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (860 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . decca.com. Retrieved . decca.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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