Morton Feldman
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Morton Feldman was an influential American avant-garde composer known for his quiet, long-duration works and close association with the New York School of composers and artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morton Feldman canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morton Feldman Context triple: [Abraham Lincoln High School, alumni, Morton Feldman]
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A.
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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B.
Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter was an influential American composer renowned for his complex, intellectually rigorous modernist works and innovative use of rhythm and texture.
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C.
David Tudor
David Tudor was an influential American pianist and experimental composer renowned for his pioneering performances of avant-garde works, particularly those of John Cage, and for his innovations in live electronic music.
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D.
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison was an American composer known for blending Western classical traditions with non-Western musical influences, especially Indonesian gamelan.
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E.
John Cage
John Cage was an innovative 20th-century American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in experimental music, chance operations, and the use of silence as a compositional element.
- 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: Morton Feldman Target entity description: Morton Feldman was an influential American avant-garde composer known for his quiet, long-duration works and close association with the New York School of composers and artists.
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A.
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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B.
Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter was an influential American composer renowned for his complex, intellectually rigorous modernist works and innovative use of rhythm and texture.
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C.
David Tudor
David Tudor was an influential American pianist and experimental composer renowned for his pioneering performances of avant-garde works, particularly those of John Cage, and for his innovations in live electronic music.
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D.
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison was an American composer known for blending Western classical traditions with non-Western musical influences, especially Indonesian gamelan.
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E.
John Cage
John Cage was an innovative 20th-century American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in experimental music, chance operations, and the use of silence as a compositional element.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American composer
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avant-garde composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christian Wolff
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Earle Brown ⓘ John Cage ⓘ Mark Rothko ⓘ Philip Guston ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pancreatic cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-01-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-09-03 ⓘ |
| education |
studied with Stefan Wolpe
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studied with Wallingford Riegger ⓘ |
| employer |
State University of New York at Buffalo
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linked to:
University at Buffalo
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| ethnicGroup |
Jewish American
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linked to:
Jewish Americans
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| familyName | Feldman ⓘ |
| fullName | Morton Feldman ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
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minimalism-adjacent music ⓘ |
| givenName | Morton ⓘ |
| influenced |
experimental composers
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postminimalist composers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anton Webern
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Edgar Varèse ⓘ
linked to:
Edgard Varèse
John Cage ⓘ abstract expressionist painting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
New York School
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avant-garde ⓘ experimental music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with New York School composers and artists
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indeterminate notation ⓘ quiet long-duration works ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Coptic Light
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Crippled Symmetry ⓘ For Bunita Marcus ⓘ For Philip Guston ⓘ Piano and String Quartet ⓘ Rothko Chapel ⓘ
linked to:
Rothko Chapel (nearby affiliated site)
String Quartet No. 2 ⓘ Triadic Memories ⓘ Why Patterns? ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Buffalo, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo
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| positionHeld |
Edgar Varèse Professor of Music at SUNY Buffalo
ⓘ
linked to:
Edgard Varèse
|
| residence |
Buffalo, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo
New York City ⓘ |
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Subject: Morton Feldman Description of subject: Morton Feldman was an influential American avant-garde composer known for his quiet, long-duration works and close association with the New York School of composers and artists.
Referenced by (8)
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