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Sound of the Sitar

extended play by Ravi Shankar
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Sound of the Sitar

Summary

Sound of the Sitar is an extended play[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of extended_play entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sound of the Sitar's instance of is recorded as extended play[3].
  • Sound of the Sitar's genre is Hindustani classical music[4].
  • Sound of the Sitar followed Portrait of Genius[5].
  • Sound of the Sitar was followed by West Meets East[6].
  • Sound of the Sitar was performed by Ravi Shankar[7].
  • Sound of the Sitar's record label is recorded as Pacific Jazz Records[8].

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

  • Release type: Album[9]

  • First release date: 1967[10]

  • Genre(s): hindustani classical, indian classical[11]

  • Community tags: hindustani classical, indian classical[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 258a8cd6-7795-4929-8bae-215ab609d319[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Sound of the Sitar was Ravi Shankar[7].

Publication

Sound of the Sitar's genre is Hindustani classical music[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Sound of the Sitar followed Portrait of Genius[5]. It was followed by West Meets East[6].

Why It Matters

Sound of the Sitar ranks in the top 8% of extended_play entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Ravi Shankar

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.

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

  1. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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