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music genre

category that identifies pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions
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music genre

Summary

music genre is a concept[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • music genre's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • music genre's instance of is recorded as metaclass[4].
  • music genre's instance of is recorded as elements of music[5].
  • music genre is a type of art genre[6].
  • music genre's Commons category is recorded as Musical genres[7].
  • music genre's said to be the same as is recorded as musical style[8].
  • music genre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Music genres[9].
  • music genre's Commons gallery is recorded as Music genres[10].
  • music genre's described at URL is recorded as http://everynoise.com/engenremap.html[11].
  • music genre's described at URL is recorded as https://www.musicmap.info/[12].
  • music genre's facet of is recorded as musicology[13].
  • music genre's topic has template is recorded as Template:Music genres[14].
  • music genre's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox music genre[15].
  • music genre's main Wikidata property is recorded as P136[16].
  • music genre's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/MusicGenre[17].
  • music genre's equivalent class is recorded as http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/avs_ClassifiedGenre[18].
  • music genre's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/ontology/mo/Genre[19].
  • music genre's equivalent class is recorded as http://data.doremus.org/ontology#M5_Genre[20].
  • music genre's different from is recorded as musical form[21].
  • music genre's different from is recorded as composition school[22].
  • music genre's properties for this type is recorded as P495[23].
  • music genre's has list is recorded as list of music genres and styles[24].
  • music genre's studied by is recorded as musicology[25].
  • music genre's exact match is recorded as http://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-AVS-001/dd/avs_ClassifiedGenre[26].
  • music genre's is metaclass for is recorded as music[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include concept[3], metaclass[4], and elements of music[5]. music genre is a type of art genre[6].

Why It Matters

music genre has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Every Noise at Once music musical improvisation musicology

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . DDEX AVS Data Dictionary Version 1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . DDEX AVS Data Dictionary Version 1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Infovarius · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → musicology
    Instance of → —
    Said to be the same as → musical style
    Main wikidata property → P136
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q140354262]]"
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