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ricercar

Summary

ricercar is a musical form[1]. ricercar draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (musical_form category, ranking #49 of 112).[2]

Key Facts

  • ricercar's instance of is recorded as musical form[3].
  • ricercar's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • ricercar is a type of composed musical work[5].
  • ricercar is a type of classical music[6].
  • ricercar's Commons category is recorded as Ricercars[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include musical form[3] and music genre[4]. Recorded subclass of include composed musical work[5] and classical music[6].

Why It Matters

ricercar draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (musical_form category, ranking #49 of 112).[2] ricercar has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] ricercar is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

composed musical work

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ricercar. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ricercar
MLA “ricercar.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ricercar.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ricercar_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ricercar}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ricercar}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → composed musical work, classical music
    Instance of → musical form, music genre
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30107, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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