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Hilliard Ensemble

British male vocal quartet
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Hilliard Ensemble

Summary

Hilliard Ensemble is a choir[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of choir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hilliard Ensemble received the Echo Klassik – Ensemble of the Year[3].
  • Hilliard Ensemble's instance of is recorded as choir[4].
  • Hilliard Ensemble's genre is early music[5].
  • Hilliard Ensemble's record label is recorded as ECM Records[6].
  • Hilliard Ensemble's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • Hilliard Ensemble comprises Paul Hillier[8].
  • 1974 marks the founding of Hilliard Ensemble[9].
  • Hilliard Ensemble was dissolved in 2014[10].
  • Hilliard Ensemble's start of work period is recorded as 1974[11].

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

  • Type: Group[12]

  • Country: GB[13]

  • Began / founded: 1974[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2014[15]

  • Genre(s): classical, renaissance[16]

  • Community tags: british, classical, renaissance, vocal quartet[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c8db3d2b-19d8-4dc7-b2cb-deea37aa274a[18]

Body

Founding

1974 marks the founding of Hilliard Ensemble[9].

Recognition

Hilliard Ensemble received the Echo Klassik – Ensemble of the Year[3].

Dissolution

Hilliard Ensemble was dissolved in 2014[10].

Why It Matters

Hilliard Ensemble ranks in the top 4% of choir entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

FAQs

What awards did Hilliard Ensemble receive?

Honors received include Echo Klassik – Ensemble of the Year[3].

Related Entities

choir United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . 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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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