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Magnificat

composition by Melchior Hoffmann, a setting the Magnificat; long attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, assigned BWV Anh. 21.
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Magnificat

Summary

Magnificat is a musical work/composition[1]. Magnificat ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Magnificat's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Magnificat's composer is recorded as Melchior Hoffmann[4].
  • Magnificat is associated with the Baroque music movement[5].
  • Magnificat's based on is recorded as Magnificat[6].
  • Magnificat's language of work or name is recorded as German[7].
  • Magnificat's catalog code is recorded as Anh. 21[8].
  • Magnificat's catalog code is recorded as Anh. I 21[9].
  • 1707 marks the founding of Magnificat[10].
  • Magnificat's described by source is recorded as Bach Cantatas Website[11].
  • Magnificat's copyright status is recorded as public domain[12].

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

  • Genre(s): classical[13]

  • Community tags: classical[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 145cb8ef-ba87-4050-b5e6-b99ce71e0a34[15]

Body

Publication

Magnificat's language of work or name is recorded as German[7].

Subject and Themes

Magnificat is associated with the Baroque music movement[5].

Why It Matters

Magnificat ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Georg Philipp Telemann Johann Sebastian Bach

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_magnificat-q104418529_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Magnificat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/magnificat-q104418529}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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