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The Carnival of the Animals

musical suite by Camille Saint-Saëns.
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The Carnival of the Animals

Summary

The Carnival of the Animals is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,847 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Carnival of the Animals's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's composer is recorded as Camille Saint-Saëns[4].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's Commons category is recorded as Le Carnaval des animaux[5].
  • The Carnival of the Animals comprises The Lion's Royal March[6].
  • The Carnival of the Animals comprises Le cygne[7].
  • March 9, 1886 marks the founding of The Carnival of the Animals[8].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as violin[9].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as viola[10].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as cello[11].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as double bass[12].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as Western concert flute[13].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as piccolo[14].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as clarinet[15].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as xylophone[16].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as glockenspiel[17].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as piano[18].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's instrumentation is recorded as glass harmonica[19].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Carnival of the Animals[20].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's Commons gallery is recorded as Le Carnaval des animaux[21].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Carnaval des animaux'}[22].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'amount': '+14'}[23].
  • The Carnival of the Animals's form of creative work is recorded as suite[24].

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: Suite[25]

  • Genre(s): classical, orchestral[26]

  • Community tags: classical, orchestral[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7342dc65-b59b-448f-bfa3-7b8002e470d5[28]

Why It Matters

The Carnival of the Animals ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,847 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Camille Saint-Saëns

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.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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