Adam Guettel
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Adam Guettel is an American composer and lyricist known for his sophisticated, genre-blending scores for musical theatre, including "Floyd Collins" and the Tony Award-winning "The Light in the Piazza."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adam Guettel canonical | 4 |
| Rodgers, Rodgers & Guettel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6312485 — 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: Adam Guettel Context triple: [Mary Rodgers, child, Adam Guettel]
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A.
Stephen Flaherty
Stephen Flaherty is an American composer best known for his work in musical theatre, including the scores for shows like Ragtime, Once on This Island, and Anastasia.
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B.
Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown is an American composer, lyricist, and playwright known for his emotionally rich, musically sophisticated scores for contemporary musical theatre, including works like "Parade," "Songs for a New World," and "The Last Five Years."
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C.
Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn is an American composer best known for his work in musical theatre, including hit shows such as Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and The Civil War.
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D.
Henry Krieger
Henry Krieger is an American composer best known for his work on Broadway musicals, particularly the hit show "Dreamgirls."
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E.
Maury Yeston
Maury Yeston is an American composer and lyricist best known for his work on Broadway musicals such as "Nine," "Titanic," and "Grand Hotel," for which he has won multiple Tony Awards.
- 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: Adam Guettel Target entity description: Adam Guettel is an American composer and lyricist known for his sophisticated, genre-blending scores for musical theatre, including "Floyd Collins" and the Tony Award-winning "The Light in the Piazza."
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A.
Stephen Flaherty
Stephen Flaherty is an American composer best known for his work in musical theatre, including the scores for shows like Ragtime, Once on This Island, and Anastasia.
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B.
Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown is an American composer, lyricist, and playwright known for his emotionally rich, musically sophisticated scores for contemporary musical theatre, including works like "Parade," "Songs for a New World," and "The Last Five Years."
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C.
Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn is an American composer best known for his work in musical theatre, including hit shows such as Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and The Civil War.
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D.
Henry Krieger
Henry Krieger is an American composer best known for his work on Broadway musicals, particularly the hit show "Dreamgirls."
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E.
Maury Yeston
Maury Yeston is an American composer and lyricist best known for his work on Broadway musicals such as "Nine," "Titanic," and "Grand Hotel," for which he has won multiple Tony Awards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ lyricist ⓘ musical theatre composer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
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Obie Award ⓘ Tony Award for Best Orchestrations ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-12-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Interlochen Arts Academy
ⓘ
linked to:
Interlochen
Yale University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
lyric writing
ⓘ
music composition ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
ⓘ
jazz-influenced music ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ |
| grandparent | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork |
composer of Days of Wine and Roses
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composer of Floyd Collins ⓘ composer of Myths and Hymns ⓘ composer of The Light in the Piazza ⓘ lyricist of Floyd Collins ⓘ lyricist of The Light in the Piazza ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Adam Guettel ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Days of Wine and Roses
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Floyd Collins ⓘ Love’s Fire (contributor) ⓘ Myths and Hymns ⓘ Saturn Returns ⓘ The Light in the Piazza ⓘ
linked to:
Light in the Piazza
The Light in the Piazza (original cast recording) ⓘ
linked to:
The Light in the Piazza (Broadway, 2005)
|
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| parent | Mary Rodgers ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| relative |
Benjamin Rodgers
ⓘ
William Rodgers ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| style |
genre-blending scores
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harmonically complex music ⓘ lyrically sophisticated songs ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Broadway
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Off-Broadway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adam Guettel Description of subject: Adam Guettel is an American composer and lyricist known for his sophisticated, genre-blending scores for musical theatre, including "Floyd Collins" and the Tony Award-winning "The Light in the Piazza."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Adam Guettel