Morning Has Broken

Christian Hymn with lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1948304
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Morning Has Broken is a visual artwork associated with the musical piece of the same name, which spans the genres of folk rock and Christian hymn.

The work draws from both secular and sacred musical traditions, blending elements characteristic of folk rock with the thematic and structural qualities of a Christian hymn.

Morning Has Broken

Summary

Morning Has Broken is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,553 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Morning Has Broken's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Morning Has Broken's composer is recorded as traditional[4].
  • Morning Has Broken's genre is folk rock[5].
  • Morning Has Broken's genre is Christian hymn[6].
  • Morning Has Broken was performed by Cat Stevens[7].
  • Morning Has Broken's Commons category is recorded as Morning Has Broken[8].
  • Morning Has Broken's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Morning Has Broken was published on 1931[10].
  • Morning Has Broken's lyricist is recorded as Eleanor Farjeon[11].
  • Morning Has Broken's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Morning Has Broken'}[12].
  • Morning Has Broken's has melody is recorded as Bunessan[13].
  • Morning Has Broken's has lyrics is recorded as Morning Has Broken[14].
  • Morning Has Broken's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

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[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 993aff2b-235f-36d9-94ed-16a8bde9d64b[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Morning Has Broken was performed by Cat Stevens[7].

Publication

Morning Has Broken was released on 1931[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Genres include folk rock[5] and Christian hymn[6].

Why It Matters

Morning Has Broken ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,553 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Cat Stevens
    Form of creative work song
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