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organum

medieval polyphony most often based on a cantus firmus
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organum

Summary

organum is a song form[1]. organum draws 316 Wikipedia views per month (song_form category, ranking #3 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • organum's instance of is recorded as song form[3].
  • organum's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • organum is a type of polyphony[5].
  • organum's Commons category is recorded as Organum[6].
  • organum's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include song form[3] and music genre[4]. organum is a type of polyphony[5].

Why It Matters

organum draws 316 Wikipedia views per month (song_form category, ranking #3 of 10).[2] organum has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_organum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{organum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/organum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → song form, music genre
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → polyphony
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550821105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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