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medieval music

Western music written during the Middle Ages
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Summary

medieval music is a music by period of time[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of music by period of time entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,266 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: music genre[3], musical movement[4]
  • Subclass of: early music[5], music of Europe[6]
  • Commons category: Medieval music[7]
  • Inception: 500[8]
  • End time: 1400[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Medieval music[10]
  • Name in kana: ちゅうせいせいようおんがく[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
  • Covered period: Middle Ages[13]

Why It Matters

medieval music has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

It has been cited as an influence by neo-It[16], a music genre[17], founded in 1960[18].

FAQs

Who did medieval music influence?

medieval music has been cited as an influence by neo-medieval music[16].

Related Entities

Adam de la Halle Ambrosian Singers Arnaut Daniel Ars Antiqua Bernard de Ventadour Guillaume de Machaut Guillaume IX Hermann of Reichenau Jaufré Rudel Masa Coral Tomás Luis de Victoria Pérotin Philippe de Vitry

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.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 009354
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Sitelink count → 53
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gsso id: 009354, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157146095|Medieval music (#157146095)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6077|Gender, Sex, and S"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0413680-stredoveka-hudba
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0413680-stredoveka-hudba, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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