Didymus the Musician

Greek musicologist and music theorist
Person human Q905137
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Didymus the Musician

Summary

Didymus the Musician is a human[1]. He was born in Rome[2]. He was born on -0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. He died on -0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[4]. He worked as a musicologist[5], music theorist[6], and writer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Born in Rome[2], Didymus the Musician…
  • Didymus the Musician's place of birth was Alexandria[9].
  • Didymus the Musician was born on -0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Didymus the Musician died on -0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[4].
  • Didymus the Musician's professions included musicologist[5].
  • Didymus the Musician worked as a music theorist[6].
  • Didymus the Musician's professions included writer[7].
  • Didymus the Musician is recorded as male[10].
  • Didymus the Musician's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Didymus the Musician's genre is recorded as ancient music[12].
  • Didymus the Musician's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 253549184[13].
  • Didymus the Musician's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029jz5[14].
  • Didymus the Musician's given name is recorded as Didimos[15].
  • Didymus the Musician's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Didymus the Musician's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[17].
  • Didymus the Musician's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Ancient Greek[18].
  • Didymus the Musician's birth name is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Δίδυμος'}[19].
  • Didymus the Musician's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1224z174[20].
  • Didymus the Musician's Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID is recorded as 16674[21].
  • Didymus the Musician's writing language is recorded as Ancient Greek[22].
  • Didymus the Musician's copyright status as a creator is recorded as copyrights on works have expired[23].
  • Didymus the Musician's CIRIS author ID is recorded as 683[24].
  • Didymus the Musician's Grove Music Online ID is recorded as 07752[25].
  • Didymus the Musician's Trismegistos author ID is recorded as 7809[26].
  • Didymus the Musician's LAGL author ID is recorded as urn:cts:greekLit:lagl0496[27].

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Rome[2], a border city[28], in Italy[29], founded in -0753[30] and Alexandria[9], a port city[31], in Egypt[32], founded in -0331[33]. Didymus the Musician was born on -0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include musicologist[5], music theorist[6], and writer[7].

Death and Burial

Didymus the Musician died on -0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Didymus the Musician include syntonic comma[34], a comma[35].

Why It Matters

Didymus the Musician ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for him include syntonic comma[34], a comma[35].

FAQs

Where was Didymus the Musician born?

Didymus the Musician was born in Rome[2].

What did Didymus the Musician do for work?

Didymus the Musician worked as musicologist[5], music theorist[6], and writer[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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