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#### Thing > Property > genre

Genre of the creative work or group.
Usage: Between 50,000 and 100,000 domains
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Values expected to be one of these types
`Text`

Used on these types
`CreativeWork` `MusicGroup`

Examples
Example 1
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD

    <h1>The Madonna with the Long Neck</h1>
    Late Renaissance painting by Parmigianino

    <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Painting">
      <h1><span itemprop="name">The Madonna with the Long Neck</span></h1>
      <meta itemprop="genre" content="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021143">Late Renaissance</meta> painting by
      <span itemprop="creator">Parmigianino</span>.
    </div>

    <div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="Painting">
      <h1><span property="name">The Madonna with the Long Neck</span></h1>
      <span property="genre" content="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021143">Late Renaissance</span> painting by
      <span property="creator">Parmigianino</span>.
    </div>

    <script type="application/ld+json">
    {
      "@context": "http://schema.org",
      "@type": "Painting",
      "name": "The Madonna with the Long Neck",
      "genre": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021143"
    }
    </script>

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