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My Old Kentucky Home

1852 song
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1153133
My Old Kentucky Home
Stephen Foster, J.W. Lerman, arranger · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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My Old Kentucky Home

Summary

My Old Kentucky Home is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.041% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (540 views/month, #8 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • My Old Kentucky Home's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's composer is recorded as Stephen Foster[4].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's genre is parlour music[5].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's Commons category is recorded as Stephen Foster My Old Kentucky Home[6].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • My Old Kentucky Home was released on 1853[9].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's lyricist is recorded as Stephen Foster[10].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's different from is recorded as Q3868888[12].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home,'}[13].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's subject has role is recorded as state song of a state of the United States[14].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's copyright status is recorded as public domain[16].
  • My Old Kentucky Home's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

Body

Publication

My Old Kentucky Home was released on 1853[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is parlour music[5].

Why It Matters

My Old Kentucky Home ranks in the top 0.041% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (540 views/month, #8 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Kentucky public domain Stephen Foster United States

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.

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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