Robin Holloway
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Robin Holloway is a British composer and academic known for his richly textured, often tonally inflected modernist works and his long association with the University of Cambridge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robin Holloway canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6575488 — 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: Robin Holloway Context triple: [Thomas Adès, studiedUnder, Robin Holloway]
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A.
John Rose
John Rose is a Republican U.S. Representative from Tennessee who serves in the House of Representatives.
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B.
Rosemary Squire
Rosemary Squire is a prominent British theatre entrepreneur and producer, best known as the co-founder and former joint chief executive of the Ambassador Theatre Group, one of the world’s largest live theatre companies.
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C.
Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett is an American character actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Shutter Island," "Mad About You," and "Inside Llewyn Davis."
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D.
Elizabeth Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers was an American actress known for her film and television roles in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Beryl Mercer
Beryl Mercer was a British-born character actress known for her maternal and supporting roles in early 20th-century stage and Hollywood films.
- 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: Robin Holloway Target entity description: Robin Holloway is a British composer and academic known for his richly textured, often tonally inflected modernist works and his long association with the University of Cambridge.
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A.
John Rose
John Rose is a Republican U.S. Representative from Tennessee who serves in the House of Representatives.
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B.
Rosemary Squire
Rosemary Squire is a prominent British theatre entrepreneur and producer, best known as the co-founder and former joint chief executive of the Ambassador Theatre Group, one of the world’s largest live theatre companies.
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C.
Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett is an American character actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Shutter Island," "Mad About You," and "Inside Llewyn Davis."
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D.
Elizabeth Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers was an American actress known for her film and television roles in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Beryl Mercer
Beryl Mercer was a British-born character actress known for her maternal and supporting roles in early 20th-century stage and Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ musicologist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British contemporary classical music
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University of Cambridge musical life ⓘ |
| compositionalStyle |
richly textured
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tonally inflected modernism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
King's College, Cambridge
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linked to:
King’s College, Cambridge
|
| employer |
University of Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| familyName | Holloway ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical music
ⓘ
music analysis ⓘ music composition ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
ⓘ
opera ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ vocal music ⓘ |
| givenName | Robin ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
supervising graduate students in music
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teaching composition ⓘ writing music criticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Benjamin Britten
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Gustav Mahler ⓘ Richard Strauss ⓘ Robert Schumann ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| movement | modernism in music ⓘ |
| name | Robin Holloway ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of tonal and modernist techniques
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long association with the University of Cambridge ⓘ richly textured orchestration ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Clarissa (opera)
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Gilded Goldbergs ⓘ Scenes from Schumann ⓘ Seascape and Harvest ⓘ
linked to:
Seascape
Second Concerto for Orchestra ⓘ Violin Concerto ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
music critic ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lecturer in Music at the University of Cambridge
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Professor of Musical Composition at the University of Cambridge ⓘ Reader in Musical Composition at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
19th-century music
ⓘ
20th-century music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robin Holloway Description of subject: Robin Holloway is a British composer and academic known for his richly textured, often tonally inflected modernist works and his long association with the University of Cambridge.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.