Sancta Civitas
E211925
Sancta Civitas is a choral-orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, often described as a mystical oratorio based on the Book of Revelation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sancta Civitas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1909082 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sancta Civitas Context triple: [Ralph Vaughan Williams, notableWork, Sancta Civitas]
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A.
City of the Kings
City of the Kings is a historical nickname for Lima, the capital of Peru, reflecting its founding under Spanish colonial rule.
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B.
City Without Walls
City Without Walls is a poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his mature style, blending moral reflection, social commentary, and formal experimentation.
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C.
Street of the Knights
Street of the Knights is a well-preserved medieval thoroughfare in Rhodes, Greece, famed for its Gothic architecture and historic inns of the Knights Hospitaller.
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D.
Cathedra
Cathedra is a large abstract painting by American artist Barnett Newman, renowned for its deep blue field interrupted by his signature vertical “zip” lines.
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E.
Dai La Citadel
Dai La Citadel was an important early medieval fortified city and political center in present-day Hanoi, Vietnam, which served as a precursor to the later Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sancta Civitas Target entity description: Sancta Civitas is a choral-orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, often described as a mystical oratorio based on the Book of Revelation.
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A.
City of the Kings
City of the Kings is a historical nickname for Lima, the capital of Peru, reflecting its founding under Spanish colonial rule.
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B.
City Without Walls
City Without Walls is a poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his mature style, blending moral reflection, social commentary, and formal experimentation.
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C.
Street of the Knights
Street of the Knights is a well-preserved medieval thoroughfare in Rhodes, Greece, famed for its Gothic architecture and historic inns of the Knights Hospitaller.
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D.
Cathedra
Cathedra is a large abstract painting by American artist Barnett Newman, renowned for its deep blue field interrupted by his signature vertical “zip” lines.
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E.
Dai La Citadel
Dai La Citadel was an important early medieval fortified city and political center in present-day Hanoi, Vietnam, which served as a precursor to the later Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral-orchestral work
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oratorio ⓘ sacred choral work ⓘ |
| basedOn | Book of Revelation ⓘ |
| composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ |
| composerNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre | mystical oratorio ⓘ |
| hasPart |
baritone soloist
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chorus ⓘ distant choir ⓘ orchestra ⓘ semi-chorus ⓘ tenor soloist ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | English choral tradition ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousWork | yes ⓘ |
| scoring |
mixed chorus and orchestra
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solo voices and orchestra ⓘ |
| style |
20th-century classical music
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English pastoral-modernist style ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
New Jerusalem
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Second Coming of Christ ⓘ apocalyptic vision ⓘ |
| textLanguage | English ⓘ |
| textSource |
Bible
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Book of Revelation ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Holy City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sancta Civitas Description of subject: Sancta Civitas is a choral-orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, often described as a mystical oratorio based on the Book of Revelation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.