Wolfgang Schmieder
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Wolfgang Schmieder was a German musicologist best known for creating the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, the standard thematic catalog of Johann Sebastian Bach’s works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wolfgang Schmieder canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2507342 — 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: Wolfgang Schmieder Context triple: [Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, compiler, Wolfgang Schmieder]
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A.
Gerhard Schöpfel
Gerhard Schöpfel was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II who became a high-scoring pilot and commander on the Western Front.
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B.
Günther Sabetzki
Günther Sabetzki was a prominent German ice hockey executive and long-serving president of the International Ice Hockey Federation who played a key role in modernizing and internationalizing the sport.
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C.
Irmfried Eberl
Irmfried Eberl was an Austrian Nazi physician and SS officer who became the first commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp, playing a key role in the implementation of the Holocaust.
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D.
Reinhold Seeberg
Reinhold Seeberg was a prominent German Lutheran theologian and church historian known for his influential work on dogmatics and for mentoring figures such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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E.
Günter Franke
Günter Franke is a German architect best known for co-designing Berlin’s iconic Fernsehturm (TV Tower), a landmark of the city’s skyline and East German modernism.
- 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: Wolfgang Schmieder Target entity description: Wolfgang Schmieder was a German musicologist best known for creating the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, the standard thematic catalog of Johann Sebastian Bach’s works.
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A.
Gerhard Schöpfel
Gerhard Schöpfel was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II who became a high-scoring pilot and commander on the Western Front.
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B.
Günther Sabetzki
Günther Sabetzki was a prominent German ice hockey executive and long-serving president of the International Ice Hockey Federation who played a key role in modernizing and internationalizing the sport.
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C.
Irmfried Eberl
Irmfried Eberl was an Austrian Nazi physician and SS officer who became the first commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp, playing a key role in the implementation of the Holocaust.
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D.
Reinhold Seeberg
Reinhold Seeberg was a prominent German Lutheran theologian and church historian known for his influential work on dogmatics and for mentoring figures such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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E.
Günter Franke
Günter Franke is a German architect best known for co-designing Berlin’s iconic Fernsehturm (TV Tower), a landmark of the city’s skyline and East German modernism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German musicologist
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city ⓘ human ⓘ music catalog ⓘ musicologist ⓘ thematic catalog ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| author | Wolfgang Schmieder ⓘ |
| contributedTo | cataloging of Johann Sebastian Bach’s compositions ⓘ |
| country |
German Empire
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Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1901-05-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-11-08 ⓘ |
| describedAtURL |
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schmieder
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schmieder ⓘ |
| employer | Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main ⓘ |
| familyName | Schmieder ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Bach studies
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musicology ⓘ |
| genre | music reference work ⓘ |
| givenName | Wolfgang ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Schm. ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis: Kleine Ausgabe
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linked to:
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
linked to:
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
|
| influenced |
Bach scholarship
ⓘ
music cataloging practices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
ⓘ
linked to:
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| name | Wolfgang Schmieder ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFor | standardizing BWV numbers for Bach’s works ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrTrainee | Bach scholars (influenced through his catalog) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
ⓘ
linked to:
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
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| occupation |
librarian
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musicologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bromberg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ |
| primaryTopicOf | Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis entry in musicological reference works ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studiedAt |
University of Freiburg
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linked to:
Freiburg University
University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| subject | Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| workLocation | Frankfurt am Main ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wolfgang Schmieder Description of subject: Wolfgang Schmieder was a German musicologist best known for creating the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, the standard thematic catalog of Johann Sebastian Bach’s works.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
subject linked to:
BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
subject linked to:
Wolfgang Schmieder