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Good King Wenceslas

Victorian Christmas carol
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Good King Wenceslas

Summary

Good King Wenceslas is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (722 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Good King Wenceslas's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Good King Wenceslas's composer is recorded as Thomas Helmore[4].
  • Good King Wenceslas's composer is recorded as John Mason Neale[5].
  • Good King Wenceslas's genre is Christmas carol[6].
  • Good King Wenceslas is part of Carols for Christmas-tide[7].
  • Good King Wenceslas's Commons category is recorded as Good King Wenceslas[8].
  • Good King Wenceslas's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Good King Wenceslas was released on 1853[10].
  • Good King Wenceslas's lyricist is recorded as John Mason Neale[11].
  • Good King Wenceslas's has edition or translation is recorded as Good King Wenceslas[12].
  • Good King Wenceslas's copyright status is recorded as public domain[13].
  • Good King Wenceslas's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

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

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • Community tags: christmas[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a557f97b-6221-3ee8-9f86-bcb26bf43ab3[17]

Body

Publication

Good King Wenceslas was released on 1853[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is Christmas carol[6]. It is part of Carols for Christmas-tide[7].

Why It Matters

Good King Wenceslas ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (722 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . 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.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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