Metamorphosen
E441190
Metamorphosen is a late orchestral work by Richard Strauss for 23 solo strings, often interpreted as an elegiac reflection on the destruction of German culture during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metamorphosen canonical | 5 |
| Metamorphosen (string septet version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4471074 — 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: Metamorphosen Context triple: [Richard Strauss, notableWork, Metamorphosen]
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A.
Metamorfosi
Metamorfosi is a suburban municipality in the Athens metropolitan area of Greece, known for its residential neighborhoods and light industrial zones.
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B.
Metamorphōsēs
Metamorphōsēs is the original Latin title of Ovid’s epic poem that recounts mythological tales of transformation from Greek and Roman mythology.
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C.
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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D.
Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
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E.
Musikalisches Opfer
Musikalisches Opfer is a collection of complex contrapuntal compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for its intricate canons and fugues based on a theme given by Frederick the Great.
- 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: Metamorphosen Target entity description: Metamorphosen is a late orchestral work by Richard Strauss for 23 solo strings, often interpreted as an elegiac reflection on the destruction of German culture during World War II.
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A.
Metamorfosi
Metamorfosi is a suburban municipality in the Athens metropolitan area of Greece, known for its residential neighborhoods and light industrial zones.
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B.
Metamorphōsēs
Metamorphōsēs is the original Latin title of Ovid’s epic poem that recounts mythological tales of transformation from Greek and Roman mythology.
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C.
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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D.
Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
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E.
Musikalisches Opfer
Musikalisches Opfer is a collection of complex contrapuntal compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for its intricate canons and fugues based on a theme given by Frederick the Great.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral composition
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work for string orchestra ⓘ |
| basedOn | earlier sketches for a string septet ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | TrV 290 ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Strauss ⓘ |
| composerAgeAtCompletion | about 80 ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| conductorAtPremiere | Paul Sacher ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Paul Sacher ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1946-01-25 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
Zürich
ⓘ
linked to:
Zurich
|
| firstPerformer | Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich ⓘ |
| form | study for strings ⓘ |
| genre | late Romantic ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentationType | chamber-sized string ensemble ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptLocation |
Bavarian State Library
ⓘ
linked to:
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
|
| hasTheme |
mourning and loss
ⓘ
transformation through music ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | destruction of German cities in World War II ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
elegy for destroyed German culture
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musical lament ⓘ |
| key | C minor ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| movementStructure | single continuous movement ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex contrapuntal writing
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quotation of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony funeral march theme ⓘ use of individual solo string parts ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Garmisch-Partenkirchen ⓘ |
| publisher | Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Metamorphosen (string septet version)
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linked to:
Metamorphosen
|
| scoredFor |
10 violins
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23 solo strings ⓘ 3 double basses ⓘ 5 cellos ⓘ 5 violas ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | late style of Richard Strauss ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
musicological analysis
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recordings by major orchestras ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
Metamorphoses
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linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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| usesTechnique |
chromatic harmony
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motivic transformation ⓘ polyphonic texture ⓘ |
| workPeriodInComposerOeuvre | late works of Richard Strauss ⓘ |
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Subject: Metamorphosen Description of subject: Metamorphosen is a late orchestral work by Richard Strauss for 23 solo strings, often interpreted as an elegiac reflection on the destruction of German culture during World War II.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Metamorphosen