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elevator music

subtype of background music, characterized by simple instrumental themes from "soft" popular music, or "light" classical music being performed by slow strings
Class type of: music on hold Q1432201

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
music genre
Subclass of
music on hold
Different from
background music[4]
Named after
Muzak[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en elevator music en lift music en muzak en piped music cs výtahová hudba de Fahrstuhlmusik de Fahrstuhl-Musik de Mall Muzak de Muzak fr musique d'aéroport fr musique d'ascenseur fr musique de supérette he מוזיקת מעליות it musica per ambienti it musica da ascensore it musica da supermercato it muzak ja エレベーターミュージック ja エレベーター・ミュージック ja ミューザク
🔖 Identifiers · 6
GND ID
4392663-0
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID
muzak-emc
Freebase ID
/m/01jpmr
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
muzak
Munzinger Pop ID
02000001265
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3944727

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Different from 1
background music
Instance of 1
music genre
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background music
← Inspired by 1
vaporwave
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Summary

elevator music is a music genre[1]. It is a type of music on hold[2].

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Trollface 2006ALT · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → music on hold
    Different from → background music
    Instance of → music genre
    Named after → Muzak
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Audio: Space Elevator Music (Antti Luode).mp3"
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