round

musical composition type that involves two or more voices singing the same tune but starting at different moments, therefore creating harmonies and other musical interest with the overlap
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round

Summary

round is a song form[1]. round ranks in the top 10% of song_form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • round's instance of is recorded as song form[3].
  • round's subclass of is recorded as canon[4].
  • round's Commons category is recorded as Rounds (music)[5].
  • round's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06fmg[6].
  • round's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rounds (music)[7].
  • round's described at URL is recorded as https://nafme.org/blog/benefits-singing-rounds-classroom/[8].
  • round's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[9].
  • round's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'canon perpetuus'}[10].
  • round's uses is recorded as voice[11].
  • round's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2014027058[12].
  • round's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/8742[13].

Why It Matters

round ranks in the top 10% of song_form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[2] round has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] round is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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