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Zadok the Priest

British anthem composed by George Frideric Handel
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Zadok the Priest

Summary

Zadok the Priest is a hymn[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of hymn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zadok the Priest's instance of is recorded as hymn[3].
  • Zadok the Priest's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Zadok the Priest's composer is recorded as George Frideric Handel[5].
  • Zadok the Priest is part of coronation anthem[6].
  • Zadok the Priest's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Zadok the Priest was released on October 11, 1727[8].
  • Zadok the Priest's tonality is recorded as D major[9].
  • Zadok the Priest's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Zadok the Priest'}[10].
  • Zadok the Priest's copyright status is recorded as public domain[11].
  • Zadok the Priest's copyright status is recorded as public domain[12].

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

  • Genre(s): classical[13]

  • Community tags: choral, classical[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1a9b015f-43e9-3605-ba69-dd84bd642223[15]

Why It Matters

Zadok the Priest ranks in the top 9% of hymn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,170 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

George Frideric Handel public domain

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

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

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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