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Federal Music Project

formed in 1935 under Federal Project No. One of the Works Progress Administration to employ, train, and rehabilitate unemployed musicians
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Federal Music Project

Summary

Federal Music Project is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Federal Music Project is in the country of United States[3].
  • Federal Music Project's image is recorded as Mns fmp.jpg[4].
  • Federal Music Project's instance of is recorded as government agency[5].
  • Federal Music Project's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126827102[6].
  • Federal Music Project's GND ID is recorded as 4491577-9[7].
  • Federal Music Project's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n95041463[8].
  • Federal Music Project's Commons category is recorded as Federal Music Project[9].
  • Federal Music Project's archives at is recorded as Library of Congress Music Division[10].
  • Federal Music Project's chairperson is recorded as Nikolai Sokoloff[11].
  • +1935-05-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Federal Music Project[12].
  • Federal Music Project was dissolved in +1939-08-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Federal Music Project's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02np43[14].
  • Federal Music Project's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2335231A[15].
  • Federal Music Project's parent organization or unit is recorded as Works Progress Administration[16].
  • Federal Music Project's Internet Broadway Database person ID is recorded as 20301[17].
  • Federal Music Project's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10472389[18].
  • Federal Music Project's described by source is recorded as Federal Music Project (WPA): An Essay and Bibliography[19].
  • Federal Music Project's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/WPA-Federal-Music-Project[20].
  • Federal Music Project's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FMP'}[21].
  • Federal Music Project's FAST ID is recorded as 706379[22].
  • Federal Music Project's SNAC ARK ID is recorded as w6t767zd[23].
  • Federal Music Project's Open Library subject ID is recorded as federal_music_project_(u.s.)[24].
  • Federal Music Project's Handbook of Texas ID is recorded as xmf01[25].
  • Federal Music Project's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/3f72d22f-3c1c-45e3-abdc-dbdf4ad145fc[26].

Body

Founding

+1935-05-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Federal Music Project[12].

Identity

Federal Music Project's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FMP'}[21].

Leadership

Federal Music Project's chairperson is recorded as Nikolai Sokoloff[11].

Operations

Federal Music Project's parent organization or unit is recorded as Works Progress Administration[16].

Dissolution

Federal Music Project was dissolved in +1939-08-00T00:00:00Z[13].

Why It Matters

Federal Music Project ranks in the top 5% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

United States

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archives.gov. Retrieved . archives.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . hdl.loc.gov. hdl.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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