Les Illuminations

Summary

Les Illuminations is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Les Illuminations's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• Les Illuminations's composer is recorded as Benjamin Britten^[4].
• Les Illuminations's language of work or name is recorded as French^[5].
• Les Illuminations's lyricist is recorded as Arthur Rimbaud^[6].
• Les Illuminations's date of first performance is recorded as January 30, 1940^[7].
• Les Illuminations's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Les illuminations'}^[8].
• Les Illuminations's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+21'}^[9].
• Les Illuminations's name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Les il·luminacions'}^[10].
• Les Illuminations's form of creative work is recorded as song cycle^[11].
• Les Illuminations's opus number is recorded as 18^[12].

Product Details

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• Release type: Song-cycle^[13]

• Genre(s): classical^[14]

• Community tags: classical, vocal music^[15]

• MusicBrainz ID: 45b00a38-28ee-4a71-b89e-3de0b8721436^[16]

Body

Publication

Les Illuminations's language of work or name is recorded as French^[5].

Why It Matters

Les Illuminations ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]