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funeral march

march, usually in a minor key
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Summary

funeral march is a type of musical work/composition[1]. It draws 1,224 Wikipedia views per month (type of musical work composition category, ranking #21 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: music genre[3]
  • Subclass of: march[4], funeral music[5]
  • Has use: funeral procession[6]
  • Commons category: Funeral marches (music)[7]
  • Tonality: minor key[8]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Funeral_march[9]
  • Different from: Funeral march[10]

Why It Matters

funeral march has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). funeral march. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/funeral-march
MLA “funeral march.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/funeral-march.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_funeral-march_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{funeral march}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/funeral-march}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23m ago · Fmadore007 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'n
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh85052378, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290622|batch #290622]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has use → funeral procession
    Subclass of → march, funeral music
    Instance of → type of musical work/composition, music genre
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555574005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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