The Airborne Symphony
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The Airborne Symphony is a large-scale, World War II–era choral and orchestral work by American composer Marc Blitzstein that celebrates the history and heroism of aviation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Airborne Symphony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6213472 — 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: The Airborne Symphony Context triple: [Marc Blitzstein, notableWork, The Airborne Symphony]
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A.
Airborne at the Bridge
Airborne at the Bridge is a museum in Arnhem, Netherlands, dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem and the events surrounding the famous bridge during Operation Market Garden in World War II.
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B.
Black Flight
Black Flight was a renowned World War I Royal Naval Air Service fighter unit led by Canadian ace Raymond Collishaw, noted for its distinctive black-painted aircraft and high victory tally.
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C.
The Mighty Eighth
The Mighty Eighth is the famed Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces, renowned for its pivotal strategic bombing campaigns over Europe during World War II.
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D.
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle is a 1986 American action film about a teenager who teams up with an Air Force colonel to rescue his father from a Middle Eastern country, noted for its aerial combat sequences and Cold War-era themes.
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E.
Up from the Skies
"Up from the Skies" is a psychedelic rock song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, noted for its jazzy groove, wah-wah guitar, and socially conscious lyrics.
- 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: The Airborne Symphony Target entity description: The Airborne Symphony is a large-scale, World War II–era choral and orchestral work by American composer Marc Blitzstein that celebrates the history and heroism of aviation.
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A.
Airborne at the Bridge
Airborne at the Bridge is a museum in Arnhem, Netherlands, dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem and the events surrounding the famous bridge during Operation Market Garden in World War II.
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B.
Black Flight
Black Flight was a renowned World War I Royal Naval Air Service fighter unit led by Canadian ace Raymond Collishaw, noted for its distinctive black-painted aircraft and high victory tally.
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C.
The Mighty Eighth
The Mighty Eighth is the famed Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces, renowned for its pivotal strategic bombing campaigns over Europe during World War II.
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D.
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle is a 1986 American action film about a teenager who teams up with an Air Force colonel to rescue his father from a Middle Eastern country, noted for its aerial combat sequences and Cold War-era themes.
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E.
Up from the Skies
"Up from the Skies" is a psychedelic rock song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, noted for its jazzy groove, wah-wah guitar, and socially conscious lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II–era composition
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choral symphony ⓘ orchestral work ⓘ |
| commemorates | military aviation in World War II ⓘ |
| composer | Marc Blitzstein ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dedicatedTo | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| forces |
male chorus
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orchestra ⓘ soloists ⓘ speaker ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
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classical music ⓘ programmatic music ⓘ |
| hasLibrettoBy | Marc Blitzstein ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
The Future
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The Past ⓘ The Present ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | speaker-narrator ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Leopold Stokowski ⓘ |
| structure | three movements ⓘ |
| style |
accessible
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tonal ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
World War II
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aviation ⓘ heroism of aviators ⓘ history of flight ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1944 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Airborne Symphony Description of subject: The Airborne Symphony is a large-scale, World War II–era choral and orchestral work by American composer Marc Blitzstein that celebrates the history and heroism of aviation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.