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theme

musical melody on which a composition is based
Class type of: artistic theme, melody Q833053

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
musical concept, role[4]
Subclass of
artistic theme, melody
Part of
fugue, theme and variation[5][6]
Different from
theme music[8]
Has part(s) of the class
period[9]
Partially coincident with
theme music[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en musical subject en theme en subject en musical theme en fugue subject ar اللحن الأساسي cs téma da Tema de Thema el Θέμα es tema musical es sujeto fa زمینه موسیقایی fi aihe fi teema fi teema (musiikki) fr Thème musical fr Theme fr thème he נושא מוזיקלי
🔖 Identifiers · 7
BNCF Thesaurus ID
58941
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
klassieke-muziek/thema
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/theme-art, art/subject-music
Freebase ID
/m/033vwr
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tema_-_musikk
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
145731225
YSO ID
39233

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 2
canon, theme and variation
Part of 2
fugue, theme and variation
Subclass of 2
melody, artistic theme
← Different from 2
theme, theme music
Different from 1
theme music
Examples 1
folia
Has part(s) of the class 1
period
Partially coincident with 1
theme music
Subtypes 1
cantus firmus
← Has part(s) of the class 1
movement
← Partially coincident with 1
theme music
← Uses 1
fugue
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Summary

theme is a musical concept[1]. theme is a type of artistic theme[2] and melody[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has part(s) of the class → period
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → artistic theme, melody
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ YSO ID: 39233, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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