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incidental music

musical composition for a play, television program, radio program, video game, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical
Intangible music_genre Q1147752
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incidental music

Summary

incidental music is a music genre[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • incidental music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • incidental music is a type of theatre music[4].
  • incidental music's Commons category is recorded as Incidental music[5].
  • incidental music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Incidental music[6].
  • incidental music's partially coincident with is recorded as gekiban music[7].

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Definition and Type

incidental music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of theatre music[4].

Why It Matters

incidental music has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_incidental-music_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{incidental music}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/incidental-music}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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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. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0429206-scenicka-hudba
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0429206-scenicka-hudba, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  2. 5w ago · Caterina Sansone · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bncf thesaurus id → 66915
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P508]]: 66915, Moving from [[Q3868603]]"
  3. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → gekiban music
    Instance of → music genre
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553197505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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