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Hermit Songs

cycle of ten songs for voice and piano by Samuel Barber written in 1953
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Hermit Songs

Summary

Hermit Songs is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hermit Songs's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Hermit Songs's instance of is recorded as lyrico-musical work[4].
  • Hermit Songs's composer is recorded as Samuel Barber[5].
  • Hermit Songs's commissioned by is recorded as Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation[6].
  • Hermit Songs's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • 1953 marks the founding of Hermit Songs[8].
  • Hermit Songs's date of first performance is recorded as 1953[9].
  • Hermit Songs's title is recorded as Hermit songs, op. 29[10].
  • Hermit Songs's location of first performance is recorded as Coolidge Auditorium[11].
  • Hermit Songs's form of creative work is recorded as song cycle[12].

Body

Publication

Hermit Songs's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].

Why It Matters

Hermit Songs ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Samuel Barber

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English
    Form of creative work → song cycle
    Freebase id → /m/0gd1zp
    Date of first performance → +1953-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987014619039005171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
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