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Switched-On Bach

1968 album by Wendy Carlos
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Switched-On Bach

Summary

Switched-On Bach is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,131 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Switched-On Bach's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Switched-On Bach's genre is electronic music[4].
  • Switched-On Bach was followed by The Well-Tempered Synthesizer[5].
  • Switched-On Bach was produced by Rachel Elkind-Tourre[6].
  • Switched-On Bach was performed by Wendy Carlos[7].
  • Switched-On Bach's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[8].
  • Switched-On Bach's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • Switched-On Bach was released on 1968[10].
  • Switched-On Bach's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[11].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[12]

  • First release date: 1968[13]

  • Genre(s): electronic, modern classical[14]

  • Community tags: _dl, electronic, electronic classical, modern classical, modular[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 14689396-dd17-325d-a5cd-581c96bc67e7[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Switched-On Bach was Wendy Carlos[7]. It was produced by Rachel Elkind-Tourre[6].

Publication

Switched-On Bach was released on 1968[10]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. Its genre is electronic music[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Switched-On Bach was followed by The Well-Tempered Synthesizer[5].

Why It Matters

Switched-On Bach ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,131 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Columbia Records Johann Sebastian Bach United States Wendy Carlos

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] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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