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The Whale

dramatic cantata written by the English composer John Tavener in 1966
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The Whale

Summary

The Whale is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Whale's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Whale's composer is recorded as John Tavener[4].
  • The Whale was performed by John Tavener[5].
  • The Whale's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Whale was released on 1970[7].
  • Jonah and the whale inspired The Whale[8].
  • The Whale's date of first performance is recorded as January 24, 1968[9].
  • The Whale's title is recorded as The Whale[10].
  • The Whale's different from is recorded as The Whale[11].
  • The Whale's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2115663', 'amount': '+8'}[12].
  • The Whale's location of first performance is recorded as Queen Elizabeth Hall[13].
  • The Whale's form of creative work is recorded as cantata[14].

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: Cantata[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 43ff6582-478e-4dc2-a382-5776cf639255[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Whale was John Tavener[5].

Publication

The Whale was published on 1970[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Jonah and the whale inspired The Whale[8].

Why It Matters

The Whale ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

John Tavener

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . 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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