double bass

acoustic stringed instrument of the violin family
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double bass

Summary

double bass is a type of musical instrument[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,608 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • double bass received the Instrument of the Year[3].
  • double bass's image is recorded as AGK bass1 full.jpg[4].
  • double bass's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[5].
  • double bass's instance of is recorded as bass[6].
  • double bass's GND ID is recorded as 4032300-6[7].
  • double bass's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85039150[8].
  • double bass's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119600781[9].
  • double bass's subclass of is recorded as viol[10].
  • double bass's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00659674[11].
  • double bass's part of is recorded as violin family[12].
  • double bass's part of is recorded as viol family[13].
  • double bass's Commons category is recorded as Double basses[14].
  • double bass's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1681[15].
  • +1400-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of double bass[16].
  • +1800-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of double bass[17].
  • double bass's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02fsn[18].
  • double bass's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph303212[19].
  • double bass's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Double basses[20].
  • double bass's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX536873[21].
  • double bass's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300042216[22].
  • double bass's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 787.5[23].
  • double bass's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10647753[24].
  • double bass's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0093445[25].
  • double bass's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 7bd32b95-416f-4244-a98b-1311ec69c7db[26].
  • double bass's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[27].

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Recognition

double bass received the Instrument of the Year[3].

Why It Matters

double bass ranks in the top 2% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,608 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by Butch Warren[30], a jazz musician[31], 1939–2013[32], of United States[33].

FAQs

What awards did double bass receive?

Honors received include Instrument of the Year[3].

Who did double bass influence?

double bass has been cited as an influence by Butch Warren[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . 2010.instrument-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . 2010.instrument-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Encyclopædia Britannica. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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