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motif

short musical idea, a salient recurring figure, musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition
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motif

Summary

motif is a musical-structural concept[1]. motif draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (musical_structural_concept category, ranking #8 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • motif's instance of is recorded as musical-structural concept[3].
  • motif is a type of motif[4].
  • motif is a type of musical idea[5].
  • motif's Commons category is recorded as Motifs (music)[6].
  • motif's said to be the same as is recorded as Vaj[7].
  • motif's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Motifs (music)[8].
  • motif's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • motif's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • motif's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • motif's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia[12].
  • motif's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6686[13].
  • motif's different from is recorded as motif[14].

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Definition and Type

motif's instance of is recorded as musical-structural concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include motif[4] and musical idea[5].

Why It Matters

motif draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (musical_structural_concept category, ranking #8 of 16).[2] motif has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] motif is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). motif. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/motif-q908349-2
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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Vaj
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → motif, musical idea
    Instance of → musical-structural concept
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 37995, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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