Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
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The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding original instrumental works, typically awarded to composers in genres such as jazz, classical, and film music.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition canonical | 9 |
| Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (1979) | 1 |
| Grammy Award for composition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3128001 — 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: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Context triple: [Kenny G, awardReceived, Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition]
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A.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television was a former Grammy category honoring outstanding original instrumental scores created specifically for film or television productions.
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B.
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding instrumental recordings in the pop genre.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
The Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in arranging instrumental or a cappella recordings.
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D.
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance is a prestigious classical music honor presented to recognize outstanding recordings by orchestras and their conductors.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra)
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra) is a former Grammy category that honored outstanding classical solo instrumental performances accompanied by an orchestra.
- 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: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Target entity description: The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding original instrumental works, typically awarded to composers in genres such as jazz, classical, and film music.
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A.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television was a former Grammy category honoring outstanding original instrumental scores created specifically for film or television productions.
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B.
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding instrumental recordings in the pop genre.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
The Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in arranging instrumental or a cappella recordings.
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D.
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance is a prestigious classical music honor presented to recognize outstanding recordings by orchestras and their conductors.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra)
The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with orchestra) is a former Grammy category that honored outstanding classical solo instrumental performances accompanied by an orchestra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grammy Award
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composition award ⓘ music award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Best Instrumental Composition ⓘ |
| awardedFor | outstanding original instrumental composition ⓘ |
| awardFor | instrumental composition ⓘ |
| categoryOf |
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Grammy Award for composition
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| ceremony |
Grammy Award
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surface form:
Grammy Awards
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| excludes | vocal compositions ⓘ |
| field | music industry ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 20th century ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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film music ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasCriterion |
musical excellence
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originality of composition ⓘ quality of orchestration ⓘ |
| languageIndependence | not language-specific ⓘ |
| notableUse |
recognition of instrumental writing in contemporary classical music
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recognition of instrumental writing in film scores ⓘ recognition of instrumental writing in jazz ⓘ |
| partOf | Grammy Awards categories ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Recording Academy
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surface form:
The Recording Academy
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| primaryFocus | composer rather than performer ⓘ |
| scope | original instrumental works ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ |
| typicalRecipient | composer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Description of subject: The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding original instrumental works, typically awarded to composers in genres such as jazz, classical, and film music.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (1979)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
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categoryOf
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for composition