William David Brohn

E497523

human musician orchestrator

William David Brohn was an American orchestrator renowned for his lush, sophisticated arrangements for major Broadway and West End musicals, including hits like Ragtime, Wicked, and Miss Saigon.

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Label	Occurrences
William David Brohn canonical	10

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4864049 — 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: William David Brohn
Context triple: [The Secret Garden (1991 Broadway production), orchestrator, William David Brohn]

A. Fredric Steinkamp
Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major Hollywood productions, including the Oscar-winning epic "Out of Africa."
B. Joseph Weishaar
Joseph Weishaar is an American architect and designer best known for winning the competition to create the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.
C. James Rebhorn
James Rebhorn was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career, often portraying authoritative or morally complex figures in dramas and thrillers.
D. Ben Braun
Ben Braun is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the University of California, Berkeley men's basketball program in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
E. William Wendt
William Wendt was a prominent American landscape painter celebrated as a leading figure of the California Impressionist movement.
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: William David Brohn
Target entity description: William David Brohn was an American orchestrator renowned for his lush, sophisticated arrangements for major Broadway and West End musicals, including hits like Ragtime, Wicked, and Miss Saigon.

A. Fredric Steinkamp
Fredric Steinkamp was an American film editor best known for his acclaimed work on major Hollywood productions, including the Oscar-winning epic "Out of Africa."
B. Joseph Weishaar
Joseph Weishaar is an American architect and designer best known for winning the competition to create the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.
C. James Rebhorn
James Rebhorn was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career, often portraying authoritative or morally complex figures in dramas and thrillers.
D. Ben Braun
Ben Braun is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the University of California, Berkeley men's basketball program in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
E. William Wendt
William Wendt was a prominent American landscape painter celebrated as a leading figure of the California Impressionist movement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ musician ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ
activeIn	Broadway ⓘ West End ⓘ
awardReceived	Tony Award for Best Orchestrations ⓘ
awardReceivedFor	Ragtime (musical) ⓘ linked to: Ragtime
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Brohn ⓘ
fieldOfWork	musical theatre ⓘ orchestration ⓘ
genre	Broadway musical ⓘ West End musical ⓘ
givenName	David ⓘ William ⓘ
influenced	contemporary musical theatre orchestration practices ⓘ
knownFor	collaborations with major Broadway and West End productions ⓘ creating full symphonic textures for musical theatre scores ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
name	William David Brohn ⓘ
notableCollaboration	Alain Boublil ⓘ Claude-Michel Schönberg ⓘ Lynn Ahrens ⓘ Stephen Flaherty ⓘ Stephen Schwartz ⓘ
notableWork	Carousel (revival, 1994) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: Carousel (1994 revival) Crazy for You (musical) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: Crazy for You Mary Poppins (stage musical) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: Mary Poppins (stage musical) Miss Saigon (musical) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: Miss Saigon Ragtime (musical) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: Ragtime Show Boat (revival, 1994) – orchestration ⓘ Sweet Smell of Success (musical) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: Sweet Smell of Success The Secret Garden (musical) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: The Secret Garden (1991 Broadway production) The Witches of Eastwick (musical) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: The Witches of Eastwick Wicked (musical) – orchestration ⓘ linked to: Wicked (musical) orchestrations for symphonic suites of musical theatre scores ⓘ
occupation	conductor ⓘ music arranger ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ
style	lush orchestration ⓘ sophisticated arrangements ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Secret Garden (1991 Broadway production) → orchestrator → William David Brohn ⓘ

Wicked → orchestrator → William David Brohn ⓘ

subject linked to: Wicked (musical)

Curtains → orchestrationsBy → William David Brohn ⓘ

subject linked to: Curtains (musical)

Ragtime → orchestrationsBy → William David Brohn ⓘ

Popular Song → writer → William David Brohn ⓘ

subject linked to: "Popular Song"

Miss Saigon → orchestrator → William David Brohn ⓘ

subject linked to: Miss Saigon (stage production)

William David Brohn → name → William David Brohn ⓘ

The Pirate Queen → orchestrator → William David Brohn ⓘ

Curtains → orchestrator → William David Brohn ⓘ