composer

person who is an author of music in any form
Intangible musical_profession Q36834
composer
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composer

Summary

composer is a musical profession[1]. composer ranks in the top 7% of musical_profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,347 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • composer's instance of is recorded as musical profession[3].
  • composer's instance of is recorded as occupation[4].
  • composer is a type of musician[5].
  • composer is a type of author[6].
  • composer's Commons category is recorded as Composers[7].
  • composer's patron saint is recorded as Saint Cecilia[8].
  • composer's field of this occupation is recorded as composed musical work[9].
  • composer's field of this occupation is recorded as music composing[10].
  • composer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Composers[11].
  • composer's ISCO-88 occupation class is recorded as 2453[12].
  • composer's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[13].
  • composer's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox classical composer[14].
  • composer's main Wikidata property is recorded as P86[15].
  • composer's different from is recorded as music composing[16].
  • composer's different from is recorded as composed musical work[17].
  • composer's different from is recorded as composition teacher[18].
  • composer's different from is recorded as compositor[19].
  • composer's different from is recorded as music writer[20].
  • composer's properties for this type is recorded as P4607[21].
  • composer's properties for this type is recorded as P135[22].
  • composer's properties for this type is recorded as P6925[23].
  • composer's properties for this type is recorded as P800[24].
  • composer's properties for this type is recorded as P18[25].
  • composer's properties for this type is recorded as P569[26].
  • composer's properties for this type is recorded as P570[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include musical profession[3] and occupation[4]. Recorded subclass of include musician[5] and author[6].

Why It Matters

composer ranks in the top 7% of musical_profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,347 views/month).[2] composer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] composer is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . UNESCO Thesaurus. Retrieved . 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.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P244]]: sh85029386"
  2. 22d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Field of this occupation composed musical work, music composing
    Described by source Riemann's Music Dictionary
    Subclass of musician, author
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P8283]]: 2652, [[Wikidata:Bots/MarisDreshmanisBot|GSCO]] Phase 1.0: provenance reference for ISCO-08 occupation class (source: ISCO-08 Q113864458)"
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