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musical work

generic term for any work of art related to music, i.e. songs, compositions, groups of compositions, sheet music, melodies, albums, musical films, etc.
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musical work
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 - 1827) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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musical work

Summary

musical work is a type of work of art[1]. It draws 368 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_work_of_art category, ranking #13 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • musical work's instance of is recorded as type of work of art[3].
  • musical work is a type of work of art[4].
  • musical work's said to be the same as is recorded as composed musical work[5].
  • musical work's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Musical works[6].
  • musical work's facet of is recorded as music[7].
  • musical work's facet of is recorded as audio work[8].
  • musical work's topic has template is recorded as Template:Musical work infobox[9].
  • musical work's equivalent class is recorded as https://dbpedia.org/ontology/MusicalWork[10].
  • musical work's different from is recorded as composed musical work[11].
  • musical work's different from is recorded as Q15835903[12].
  • musical work's different from is recorded as musical work/composition[13].
  • musical work's different from is recorded as song[14].
  • musical work's different from is recorded as music[15].

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Definition and Type

musical work's instance of is recorded as type of work of art[3]. It is a type of work of art[4].

Why It Matters

musical work draws 368 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_work_of_art category, ranking #13 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

composed musical work music

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://dbpedia.org/ontology/MusicalWork
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://dbpedia.org/ontology/MusicalWork"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0225641-hudebni-dila
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0225641-hudebni-dila, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → work of art
    Different from → composed musical work, Q15835903, musical work/composition +2
    Topic has template → Template:Musical work infobox
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q15835903]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q114798209]] → [[Q15835903]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q114798209_Q"
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