Joy to the World

1719 Christmas hymn by Isaac Watts
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1192264
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Joy to the World

Summary

Joy to the World is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (525 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Joy to the World's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Joy to the World's genre is Christmas carol[4].
  • Joy to the World's genre is Christian hymn[5].
  • Joy to the World's based on is recorded as Psalm 98[6].
  • Among the performers on Joy to the World was Charlotte Perrelli[7].
  • Joy to the World is part of Merry Christmas[8].
  • Joy to the World's Commons category is recorded as Joy To The World[9].
  • Joy to the World's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Joy to the World was released on November 1994[11].
  • Joy to the World's lyricist is recorded as Isaac Watts[12].
  • Joy to the World's has edition or translation is recorded as Joy to the World! the Lord Is Come[13].
  • Joy to the World's published in is recorded as The Psalms of David - Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And apply'd to the Christian State and Worship.[14].
  • Joy to the World's published in is recorded as Lovsyng Herren[15].
  • Joy to the World's published in is recorded as Nye salmer og sanger[16].
  • Joy to the World's published in is recorded as Zions Feltsange[17].
  • Joy to the World's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Joy to the World'}[18].
  • Joy to the World's has melody is recorded as Antioch[19].
  • Joy to the World's different from is recorded as Joy to the World[20].
  • Joy to the World's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Joy to the World ; the Lord is come ;'}[21].
  • Joy to the World's derivative work is recorded as Gläd dig, o värld[22].
  • Joy to the World's derivative work is recorded as O Betlehem, du lilla stad–Joy to the World[23].
  • Joy to the World's copyright status is recorded as public domain[24].
  • Joy to the World's has lyrics is recorded as Joy to the World[25].
  • Joy to the World's form of creative work is recorded as song[26].

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[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8531b357-339e-3cc7-9ed2-0d6b928ed12e[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Joy to the World was Charlotte Perrelli[7].

Publication

Joy to the World was published on November 1994[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include Christmas carol[4] and Christian hymn[5]. It is part of Merry Christmas[8].

Why It Matters

Joy to the World ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (525 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . 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] . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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