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Symphony No. 8

symphony in four movements by Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Symphony No. 8

Summary

Symphony No. 8 is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Symphony No. 8's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Symphony No. 8's composer is recorded as Ralph Vaughan Williams[4].
  • Symphony No. 8 is part of list of compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams[5].
  • Symphony No. 8's Commons category is recorded as Symphony No. 8 (Vaughan Williams)[6].
  • Symphony No. 8's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[7].
  • 1953 marks the founding of Symphony No. 8[8].
  • Symphony No. 8 was published on January 1, 1955[9].
  • Symphony No. 8's dedicated to is recorded as John Barbirolli[10].
  • Symphony No. 8's tonality is recorded as D minor[11].
  • Symphony No. 8's date of first performance is recorded as May 2, 1956[12].
  • Symphony No. 8's title is recorded as Symphony no. 8 in D minor[13].
  • Symphony No. 8's different from is recorded as Symphony No. 8[14].
  • Symphony No. 8's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[15].
  • Symphony No. 8's location of first performance is recorded as Free Trade Hall[16].
  • Symphony No. 8's form of creative work is recorded as symphony[17].

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: Symphony[18]

  • Genre(s): classical, symphony[19]

  • Community tags: classical, symphony[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4a8b4f85-73ce-42f2-9b9b-c9d25b7174e8[21]

Body

Publication

Symphony No. 8 was released on January 1, 1955[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[7]. It is part of list of compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams[5].

Why It Matters

Symphony No. 8 ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Ralph Vaughan Williams

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.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dedicated to → John Barbirolli
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    Language of work or name → no linguistic content
    Different from → Symphony No. 8
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 238796, Add qualifier to IMSLP ID `Symphony_No.8_in_D_minor_(Vaughan_Williams,_Ralph)`"
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