Edgard Varèse
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Edgard Varèse was a pioneering 20th-century composer known for his radical use of percussion, noise, and early electronic instruments, which helped lay the foundations of modern experimental and electronic music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edgard Varèse canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6662672 — 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: Edgard Varèse Context triple: [Luigi Russolo, influenced, Edgard Varèse]
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A.
George Antheil
George Antheil was an American avant-garde composer and pianist known for his experimental works in the early 20th century, including the notorious "Ballet Mécanique."
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B.
Luigi Russolo
Luigi Russolo was an Italian painter, composer, and theorist best known as a pioneer of noise music and a leading figure in the Futurist art movement.
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C.
Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt was an influential American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in serialism and electronic music.
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D.
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a prominent 20th-century Swiss-French composer, best known as a member of the group Les Six and for works such as the orchestral piece "Pacific 231."
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E.
Anton Webern
Anton Webern was an Austrian composer and conductor of the Second Viennese School, known for his highly concise, atonal, and twelve-tone works that were hugely influential on 20th-century modernist 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: Edgard Varèse Target entity description: Edgard Varèse was a pioneering 20th-century composer known for his radical use of percussion, noise, and early electronic instruments, which helped lay the foundations of modern experimental and electronic music.
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A.
George Antheil
George Antheil was an American avant-garde composer and pianist known for his experimental works in the early 20th century, including the notorious "Ballet Mécanique."
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B.
Luigi Russolo
Luigi Russolo was an Italian painter, composer, and theorist best known as a pioneer of noise music and a leading figure in the Futurist art movement.
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C.
Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt was an influential American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in serialism and electronic music.
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D.
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger was a prominent 20th-century Swiss-French composer, best known as a member of the group Les Six and for works such as the orchestral piece "Pacific 231."
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E.
Anton Webern
Anton Webern was an Austrian composer and conductor of the Second Viennese School, known for his highly concise, atonal, and twelve-tone works that were hugely influential on 20th-century modernist music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century composer
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ pioneer of electronic music ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Edgar Varèse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Edgar Victor Varèse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1883-12-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1965-11-06 ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Varèse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
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electronic music ⓘ experimental music ⓘ |
| givenName | Edgar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Frank Zappa
NERFINISHED
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Iannis Xenakis NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ Karlheinz Stockhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Boulez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early use of electronic instruments
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foundations of electronic music ⓘ foundations of experimental music ⓘ radical use of percussion ⓘ use of noise in music ⓘ |
| language |
English
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French ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name | Edgard Varèse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Amériques
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Arcana NERFINISHED ⓘ Density 21.5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Déserts NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyperprism NERFINISHED ⓘ Intégrales NERFINISHED ⓘ Ionisation NERFINISHED ⓘ Octandre NERFINISHED ⓘ Offrandes NERFINISHED ⓘ Poème électronique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | composer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| studiedAt |
Conservatoire de Paris
NERFINISHED
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Schola Cantorum de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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