Nocturnes

composition for orchestra by Claude Debussy
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Nocturnes

Summary

Nocturnes is a musical work/composition[1]. Nocturnes ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nocturnes's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Nocturnes's composer is recorded as Claude Debussy[4].
  • Nocturnes is associated with the Impressionism movement[5].
  • Nocturnes's genre is symphonic music[6].
  • Nocturnes's Commons category is recorded as Nocturnes (Debussy)[7].
  • Nocturnes's catalog code is recorded as 91[8].
  • 1897 marks the founding of Nocturnes[9].
  • Nocturnes was released on January 1, 1900[10].
  • Nocturnes's instrumentation is recorded as orchestra[11].
  • Nocturnes's instrumentation is recorded as women's chorus[12].
  • Nocturnes's date of first performance is recorded as October 27, 1901[13].
  • Nocturnes's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Nocturnes'}[14].
  • Nocturnes's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Nuages•Fêtes•Sirênes'}[15].
  • Nocturnes's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '雲・祭・シレーヌ'}[16].
  • Nocturnes's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Nocturnes'}[17].
  • Nocturnes's name in kana is recorded as やそうきょく[18].
  • Nocturnes's has part is recorded as nocturne[19].
  • Nocturnes's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].
  • Nocturnes's form of creative work is recorded as cycle[21].

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

  • Genre(s): classical, orchestral[22]

  • Community tags: classical, orchestral[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 386d977f-4b1c-482e-b3a6-3a3e1a64fac2[24]

Body

Publication

Nocturnes was published on January 1, 1900[10]. Nocturnes's genre is symphonic music[6].

Subject and Themes

Nocturnes is associated with the Impressionism movement[5].

Why It Matters

Nocturnes ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[2] Nocturnes has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Nocturnes is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Debussy, (Achille-)Claude. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Debussy, (Achille-)Claude. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Debussy, (Achille-)Claude. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Debussy, (Achille-)Claude. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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