Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus

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piano composition religious musical work solo piano cycle

Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus is a monumental 20-movement solo piano cycle by Olivier Messiaen that meditates on the mystery of the Christ Child through highly original harmonic language, rhythmic complexity, and spiritual symbolism.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus	1
Twenty Contemplations of the Infant Jesus	1
Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6476267 — 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: Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
Context triple: [Olivier Messiaen, notableWork, Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus]

A. L’Enfance du Christ
L’Enfance du Christ is a sacred choral work by Hector Berlioz that depicts episodes from the early life of Jesus, notable for its lyrical style and intimate orchestration.
B. L’Épiphanie
L’Épiphanie is a small Quebec municipality located in the Lanaudière region, forming part of the North Shore communities near Montreal.
C. The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
D. Portraits d’enfants
Portraits d’enfants is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting the four daughters of Edward Darley Boit in a striking, psychologically complex interior scene.
E. Le Curé de Tours
Le Curé de Tours is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intrigues, provincial politics, and clerical rivalries in a small French town.
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: Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
Target entity description: Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus is a monumental 20-movement solo piano cycle by Olivier Messiaen that meditates on the mystery of the Christ Child through highly original harmonic language, rhythmic complexity, and spiritual symbolism.

A. L’Enfance du Christ
L’Enfance du Christ is a sacred choral work by Hector Berlioz that depicts episodes from the early life of Jesus, notable for its lyrical style and intimate orchestration.
B. L’Épiphanie
L’Épiphanie is a small Quebec municipality located in the Lanaudière region, forming part of the North Shore communities near Montreal.
C. The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
D. Portraits d’enfants
Portraits d’enfants is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting the four daughters of Edward Darley Boit in a striking, psychologically complex interior scene.
E. Le Curé de Tours
Le Curé de Tours is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intrigues, provincial politics, and clerical rivalries in a small French town.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	piano composition ⓘ religious musical work ⓘ solo piano cycle ⓘ
composer	Olivier Messiaen ⓘ
composerNationality	French ⓘ
compositionYear	1944 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
dedication	Yvonne Loriod ⓘ
firstPerformer	Yvonne Loriod ⓘ
genre	contemporary classical music ⓘ piano cycle ⓘ
hasMovement	La parole toute-puissante ⓘ Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus ⓘ linked to: Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus Noël ⓘ Première communion de la Vierge ⓘ Regard de la Vierge ⓘ Regard de l’Esprit de joie ⓘ Regard de l’Onction terrible ⓘ Regard de l’Église d’amour ⓘ Regard de l’Étoile ⓘ Regard des anges ⓘ Regard des fils de la lumière ⓘ Regard des hauteurs ⓘ Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des Mages ⓘ Regard du Fils sur le Fils ⓘ Regard du Père ⓘ Regard du silence ⓘ Regard du temps ⓘ
instrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
movementCount	20 ⓘ
notableFeature	cyclical thematic motives across movements ⓘ extended duration for a solo piano work ⓘ extreme technical difficulty for the pianist ⓘ
numberOfMovements	20 ⓘ
period	20th-century music ⓘ
placeOfPremiere	Paris ⓘ
premiereYear	1944 ⓘ
structure	20 movements ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	birdsong-inspired figures ⓘ highly original harmonic language ⓘ non-retrogradable rhythms ⓘ rhythmic complexity ⓘ spiritual symbolism ⓘ use of modes of limited transposition ⓘ
subject	Christ Child ⓘ linked to: Child Jesus Christian mysticism ⓘ Incarnation ⓘ
theologicalInspiration	Biblical narratives of the Nativity ⓘ Catholic theology ⓘ
titleTranslation	Twenty Contemplations of the Infant Jesus ⓘ linked to: Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olivier Messiaen → notableWork → Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus ⓘ

Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus → titleTranslation → Twenty Contemplations of the Infant Jesus ⓘ

linked to: Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus

Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus → hasMovement → Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus ⓘ