harpsichord

plucked-string keyboard instrument
Thing type_of_musical_instrument Q81982
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harpsichord

Summary

harpsichord is a type of musical instrument[1]. harpsichord has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • harpsichord's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • harpsichord's manufacturer is recorded as harpsichord maker[4].
  • harpsichord is a type of keyboard instrument[5].
  • harpsichord is a type of Plucked string instrument[6].
  • harpsichord is a type of box zither[7].
  • harpsichord is a type of Q1740992[8].
  • harpsichord's Commons category is recorded as Harpsichords[9].
  • 1500 marks the founding of harpsichord[10].
  • harpsichord's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Harpsichord[11].
  • harpsichord's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • harpsichord's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[13].
  • harpsichord's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • harpsichord's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[15].
  • harpsichord's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[16].
  • harpsichord's used by is recorded as harpsichordist[17].
  • harpsichord's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 314.122-6-8[18].
  • harpsichord's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Cemb'}[19].
  • harpsichord's different from is recorded as Cembalo[20].
  • harpsichord's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • harpsichord's model item is recorded as Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin[22].

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Definition and Type

harpsichord's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include keyboard instrument[5], Plucked string instrument[6], box zither[7], and Q1740992[8].

Origins

1500 marks the founding of harpsichord[10].

Use and Application

harpsichord's used by is recorded as harpsichordist[17].

Why It Matters

harpsichord has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] harpsichord is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . 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.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0210213-cembalo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0210213-cembalo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
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