Victor Silvestri
E501831
Victor Silvestri was a prominent British dance band leader and pianist known for his influential role in popularizing ballroom dance music in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Victor Silvestri canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5129757 — 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: Victor Silvestri Context triple: [Silvestri, hasNotableBearer, Victor Silvestri]
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A.
Victor Varconi
Victor Varconi was a Hungarian-born actor who became a prominent leading man in silent and early sound films in both Europe and Hollywood.
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B.
Louis Fraina
Louis Fraina was an Italian-born American Marxist theorist and political activist who was a key early leader in the U.S. communist movement.
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C.
George Tomasini
George Tomasini was an American film editor best known for his frequent collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock on classics such as "Psycho," "Vertigo," and "Rear Window."
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D.
Anthony Di Ninno
Anthony Di Ninno is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated feature film "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie."
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E.
Anthony Rossomando
Anthony Rossomando is an American musician and songwriter best known for co-writing the hit song "Shallow" from the 2018 film *A Star Is Born*.
- 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: Victor Silvestri Target entity description: Victor Silvestri was a prominent British dance band leader and pianist known for his influential role in popularizing ballroom dance music in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Victor Varconi
Victor Varconi was a Hungarian-born actor who became a prominent leading man in silent and early sound films in both Europe and Hollywood.
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B.
Louis Fraina
Louis Fraina was an Italian-born American Marxist theorist and political activist who was a key early leader in the U.S. communist movement.
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C.
George Tomasini
George Tomasini was an American film editor best known for his frequent collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock on classics such as "Psycho," "Vertigo," and "Rear Window."
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D.
Anthony Di Ninno
Anthony Di Ninno is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated feature film "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie."
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E.
Anthony Rossomando
Anthony Rossomando is an American musician and songwriter best known for co-writing the hit song "Shallow" from the 2018 film *A Star Is Born*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Officer of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child | Victor Silvester Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-02-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-08-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Downside School
NERFINISHED
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Stonyhurst College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | BBC ⓘ |
| familyName | Silvester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ballroom dancing
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popular music ⓘ |
| genre |
ballroom dance music
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dance band ⓘ easy listening ⓘ |
| givenName | Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
ballroom dance teaching in the United Kingdom
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mid-20th-century ballroom dance music ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Victor Silvester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
best-selling British dance band leader of the 1930s and 1940s
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helped standardize ballroom dance tempos ⓘ pioneered strict-tempo dance records ⓘ |
| notableEvent | won a World Ballroom Dancing Championship in the 1920s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
BBC radio programme "Victor Silvester’s Dance Club"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modern Ballroom Dancing NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra recordings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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bandleader ⓘ musician ⓘ pianist ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
First World War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second World War (entertainment for troops) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Le Touquet, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publication | Modern Ballroom Dancing (instruction book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
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EMI ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorothy Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Victor Silvestri Description of subject: Victor Silvestri was a prominent British dance band leader and pianist known for his influential role in popularizing ballroom dance music in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.