Walter Frye
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Walter Frye was a 15th-century English composer known for his influential sacred vocal music, particularly masses and motets, during the early Renaissance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Frye canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4528109 — 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: Walter Frye Context triple: [Frye, hasNotableBearer, Walter Frye]
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A.
Walter Drey
Walter Drey was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of Forbes, the influential business and finance magazine.
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B.
Walter Pitman
Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
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C.
Robert Fellows
Robert Fellows was an American film producer active during Hollywood's mid-20th century studio era, known for his work on numerous genre and adventure films.
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D.
Walter Darre
Walter Darré was a leading Nazi official and ideologue of "blood and soil" agrarianism who served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture and was later tried as a war criminal after World War II.
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E.
Walter Hendricks
Walter Hendricks was an American educator best known as the founder and first president of Marlboro College in Vermont.
- 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: Walter Frye Target entity description: Walter Frye was a 15th-century English composer known for his influential sacred vocal music, particularly masses and motets, during the early Renaissance.
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A.
Walter Drey
Walter Drey was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of Forbes, the influential business and finance magazine.
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B.
Walter Pitman
Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
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C.
Robert Fellows
Robert Fellows was an American film producer active during Hollywood's mid-20th century studio era, known for his work on numerous genre and adventure films.
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D.
Walter Darre
Walter Darré was a leading Nazi official and ideologue of "blood and soil" agrarianism who served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture and was later tried as a war criminal after World War II.
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E.
Walter Hendricks
Walter Hendricks was an American educator best known as the founder and first president of Marlboro College in Vermont.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English composer
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Renaissance composer ⓘ composer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| composedInLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| floruit | mid-15th century ⓘ |
| genre |
sacred music
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vocal music ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Late Middle Ages
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Renaissance ⓘ |
| influenced | Renaissance sacred music ⓘ |
| influenceRegion |
Continental Europe
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England ⓘ |
| knownFor | influential sacred vocal music ⓘ |
| movement | Early Renaissance ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableWorkType |
mass
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motet ⓘ |
| occupation | composer ⓘ |
| reception | highly regarded by contemporaries ⓘ |
| region | England ⓘ |
| style | polyphony ⓘ |
| workForm |
Marian motets
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Mass Ordinary settings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walter Frye Description of subject: Walter Frye was a 15th-century English composer known for his influential sacred vocal music, particularly masses and motets, during the early Renaissance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.