Harmonium
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Harmonium is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by American composer John Adams that sets poetry by Emily Dickinson and John Donne in his distinctive post-minimalist style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harmonium canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4901691 — 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: Harmonium Context triple: [John Adams (composer), notableWork, Harmonium]
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A.
harmonium
A harmonium is a free-reed keyboard instrument, often used in Indian classical and folk music to provide melodic and harmonic accompaniment.
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B.
Cimbalom
The cimbalom is a large, trapezoidal hammered dulcimer common in Central and Eastern European folk and Romani music, especially associated with Slovak and Hungarian traditions.
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C.
ondes Martenot
The ondes Martenot is an early electronic musical instrument known for its eerie, wavering tones and expressive keyboard-and-ring performance technique, famously used in classical and experimental music.
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D.
Vioulou
Vioulou is a river in southern France that serves as one of the main tributaries feeding the artificial Lac de Pareloup reservoir on the Lévézou plateau.
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E.
Pan flute
The Pan flute is a traditional wind instrument made of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length, producing different musical pitches when blown across their open tops.
- 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: Harmonium Target entity description: Harmonium is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by American composer John Adams that sets poetry by Emily Dickinson and John Donne in his distinctive post-minimalist style.
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A.
harmonium
A harmonium is a free-reed keyboard instrument, often used in Indian classical and folk music to provide melodic and harmonic accompaniment.
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B.
Cimbalom
The cimbalom is a large, trapezoidal hammered dulcimer common in Central and Eastern European folk and Romani music, especially associated with Slovak and Hungarian traditions.
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C.
ondes Martenot
The ondes Martenot is an early electronic musical instrument known for its eerie, wavering tones and expressive keyboard-and-ring performance technique, famously used in classical and experimental music.
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D.
Vioulou
Vioulou is a river in southern France that serves as one of the main tributaries feeding the artificial Lac de Pareloup reservoir on the Lévézou plateau.
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E.
Pan flute
The Pan flute is a traditional wind instrument made of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length, producing different musical pitches when blown across their open tops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral-orchestral work
ⓘ
composition ⓘ |
| basedOnPoem |
“Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson
ⓘ
linked to:
Because I could not stop for Death
“Negative Love” by John Donne ⓘ “Wild Nights – Wild Nights!” by Emily Dickinson ⓘ
linked to:
Wild nights—Wild nights!
|
| composer | John Adams ⓘ |
| composerWorkNumber | early major orchestral-choral work by John Adams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| duration | approximately 30 minutes ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
ⓘ
post-minimalism ⓘ |
| hasChoralForces | SATB chorus ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass
ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
“Because I could not stop for Death”
ⓘ
linked to:
Because I could not stop for Death
“Negative Love” ⓘ “Wild Nights” ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
San Francisco Symphony conducted by Edo de Waart
ⓘ
San Francisco Symphony conducted by John Adams ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 3 ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoire | late 20th-century choral-orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Edo de Waart ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1981-04-15 ⓘ |
| premiereEnsemble |
San Francisco Symphony
ⓘ
San Francisco Symphony Chorus ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
San Francisco, California
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco
|
| premiereVenue | Davies Symphony Hall ⓘ |
| publisher | Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
large orchestra
ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ |
| style | post-minimalist ⓘ |
| textLanguage | English ⓘ |
| usesPoetryFromPeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| usesTextBy |
Emily Dickinson
ⓘ
John Donne ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition |
1980
ⓘ
1981 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harmonium Description of subject: Harmonium is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by American composer John Adams that sets poetry by Emily Dickinson and John Donne in his distinctive post-minimalist style.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.