Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers
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Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers is a large-scale, genre-blending stage work by Leonard Bernstein that combines classical, theatrical, and popular music elements in a dramatic setting of the Roman Catholic Mass.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1920224 — 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: Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers Context triple: [Mass, alternativeTitle, Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers]
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Das Lied von der Erde
Das Lied von der Erde is a large-scale symphonic song cycle by Gustav Mahler that blends orchestral writing with vocal settings of German translations of ancient Chinese poetry.
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B.
Job: A Masque for Dancing
Job: A Masque for Dancing is a ballet score by Ralph Vaughan Williams inspired by the biblical Book of Job, noted for its rich orchestration and evocative depiction of spiritual struggle.
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Music for the Theatre
Music for the Theatre is a 1925 jazz-influenced orchestral suite by Aaron Copland that blends modernist harmonies with theatrical, American vernacular styles.
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D.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
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E.
Light in the Piazza
Light in the Piazza is a romantic drama film set in Italy that explores the relationship between a young American woman with a developmental disability and a local man, adapted from Elizabeth Spencer’s novella.
- 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: Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers Target entity description: Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers is a large-scale, genre-blending stage work by Leonard Bernstein that combines classical, theatrical, and popular music elements in a dramatic setting of the Roman Catholic Mass.
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A.
Das Lied von der Erde
Das Lied von der Erde is a large-scale symphonic song cycle by Gustav Mahler that blends orchestral writing with vocal settings of German translations of ancient Chinese poetry.
-
B.
Job: A Masque for Dancing
Job: A Masque for Dancing is a ballet score by Ralph Vaughan Williams inspired by the biblical Book of Job, noted for its rich orchestration and evocative depiction of spiritual struggle.
-
C.
Music for the Theatre
Music for the Theatre is a 1925 jazz-influenced orchestral suite by Aaron Copland that blends modernist harmonies with theatrical, American vernacular styles.
-
D.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude is a landmark experimental play by Eugene O’Neill, renowned for its use of interior monologues to explore the psychological lives and moral conflicts of its characters.
-
E.
Light in the Piazza
Light in the Piazza is a romantic drama film set in Italy that explores the relationship between a young American woman with a developmental disability and a local man, adapted from Elizabeth Spencer’s novella.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert work
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musical composition ⓘ stage work ⓘ theatrical composition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bernstein Mass ⓘ |
| basedOn | Roman Catholic Mass ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ |
| composer | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dedicatedTo | memory of John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| form | theatre piece ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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jazz ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ popular music ⓘ rock ⓘ sacred music ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Agnus Dei
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Credo ⓘ Gloria ⓘ Kyrie ⓘ Sanctus ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Latin ⓘ |
| notableRecording | Deutsche Grammophon recording conducted by Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1971-09-08 ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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surface form:
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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| publisher | Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ |
| scoring |
boy soprano
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celebrant (baritone) ⓘ children’s choir ⓘ dancers ⓘ marching band ⓘ mixed chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ rock band ⓘ street singers ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Mass ⓘ |
| structure | setting of the Mass Ordinary with additional texts ⓘ |
| subject |
crisis of belief
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doubt ⓘ faith ⓘ social unrest ⓘ |
| textAuthor |
Leonard Bernstein
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Stephen Schwartz ⓘ |
| title | Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers Description of subject: Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers is a large-scale, genre-blending stage work by Leonard Bernstein that combines classical, theatrical, and popular music elements in a dramatic setting of the Roman Catholic Mass.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers
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Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers
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