César Cui
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César Cui was a Russian composer, music critic, and member of the influential group of nationalist composers known as "The Five."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| César Cui canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6361450 — 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: César Cui Context triple: [Tikhvin Cemetery, notableBurial, César Cui]
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A.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a prominent Russian composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his masterful orchestration and works such as "Scheherazade" and "Capriccio Espagnol."
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B.
Riccardo Drigo
Riccardo Drigo was an Italian composer and conductor best known for his influential work on the music of 19th-century Russian ballet.
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C.
Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Glazunov was a prominent Russian late-Romantic composer, conductor, and influential music educator who later became director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
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D.
Sergei Taneyev
Sergei Taneyev was a Russian composer, pianist, and influential music theorist of the late Romantic era, renowned for his mastery of counterpoint and his role as a key mentor to many prominent Russian musicians.
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E.
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Alexander Dargomyzhsky was a 19th-century Russian composer known for his operas and his influential role in the development of Russian national music.
- 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: César Cui Target entity description: César Cui was a Russian composer, music critic, and member of the influential group of nationalist composers known as "The Five."
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A.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a prominent Russian composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his masterful orchestration and works such as "Scheherazade" and "Capriccio Espagnol."
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B.
Riccardo Drigo
Riccardo Drigo was an Italian composer and conductor best known for his influential work on the music of 19th-century Russian ballet.
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C.
Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Glazunov was a prominent Russian late-Romantic composer, conductor, and influential music educator who later became director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
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D.
Sergei Taneyev
Sergei Taneyev was a Russian composer, pianist, and influential music theorist of the late Romantic era, renowned for his mastery of counterpoint and his role as a key mentor to many prominent Russian musicians.
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E.
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Alexander Dargomyzhsky was a 19th-century Russian composer known for his operas and his influential role in the development of Russian national music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ member of The Five ⓘ military officer ⓘ music critic ⓘ |
| activeIn | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alexander Borodin
NERFINISHED
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Mily Balakirev NERFINISHED ⓘ Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1835-01-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Russian Empire
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Vilna Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilnius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1918-03-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Petrograd
NERFINISHED
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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Main Engineering School (Saint Petersburg)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicholas Engineering Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
French
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Lithuanian ⓘ |
| familyName | Cui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military fortifications ⓘ |
| fullName | César Antonovich Cui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | César NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression |
French
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
The Five
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Mighty Handful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement | Russian musical nationalism ⓘ |
| notableRole | music critic for the newspaper "Saint Petersburg Vedomosti" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
opera "Angelo"
NERFINISHED
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opera "The Captain's Daughter" NERFINISHED ⓘ opera "The Prisoner of the Caucasus" ⓘ opera "The Saracen" NERFINISHED ⓘ opera "William Ratcliff" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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military engineer ⓘ music critic ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Malvina Rafailovna Bamberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
chamber music
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choral works ⓘ music criticism essays ⓘ numerous art songs ⓘ piano pieces ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: César Cui Description of subject: César Cui was a Russian composer, music critic, and member of the influential group of nationalist composers known as "The Five."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.