Carl Dahlhaus
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Carl Dahlhaus was a prominent 20th-century German musicologist renowned for his influential scholarship on music history and theory, particularly of the 19th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carl Dahlhaus canonical | 3 |
| Dahlhaus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8469173 — 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: Carl Dahlhaus Context triple: [Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, notableEditor, Carl Dahlhaus]
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A.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Karl Amadeus Hartmann was a 20th-century German composer known for his politically charged, modernist works and his internal exile in Nazi Germany.
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B.
Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze was a prominent 20th-century German composer known for his eclectic, politically engaged works spanning opera, symphonic music, and chamber music.
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C.
Fritz Schäffer
Fritz Schäffer was a German politician and statesman who played a key role in post-World War II West German politics, including serving as federal finance minister.
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D.
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch was an Austrian-born composer and influential modernist known for his innovative chamber music, choral works, and film scores, who later became an important musical figure in the United States.
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E.
Alexander Goehr
Alexander Goehr is a British composer and influential composition teacher associated with the post-war avant-garde and the Manchester School.
- 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: Carl Dahlhaus Target entity description: Carl Dahlhaus was a prominent 20th-century German musicologist renowned for his influential scholarship on music history and theory, particularly of the 19th century.
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A.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Karl Amadeus Hartmann was a 20th-century German composer known for his politically charged, modernist works and his internal exile in Nazi Germany.
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B.
Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze was a prominent 20th-century German composer known for his eclectic, politically engaged works spanning opera, symphonic music, and chamber music.
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C.
Fritz Schäffer
Fritz Schäffer was a German politician and statesman who played a key role in post-World War II West German politics, including serving as federal finance minister.
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D.
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch was an Austrian-born composer and influential modernist known for his innovative chamber music, choral works, and film scores, who later became an important musical figure in the United States.
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E.
Alexander Goehr
Alexander Goehr is a British composer and influential composition teacher associated with the post-war avant-garde and the Manchester School.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German musicologist
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human ⓘ musicologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
historical musicology
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systematic musicology ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-06-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-03-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Göttingen
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University of Kiel ⓘ |
| employer |
Technische Universität Berlin
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linked to:
Technical University of Berlin
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| familyName |
Dahlhaus
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linked to:
Carl Dahlhaus
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| fieldOfWork |
music history
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music theory ⓘ musicology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Carl ⓘ |
| hasSubjectArea |
19th-century opera
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Beethoven studies ⓘ Wagner studies ⓘ aesthetics of absolute music ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of musicologists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
methodological reflections on music history
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studies of Romantic music ⓘ theories of musical form and genre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
19th-century music
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aesthetics of music ⓘ music historiography ⓘ |
| name | Carl Dahlhaus ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historical musicology
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scholarship on 19th-century music ⓘ theoretical writings on music ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Analysis and Value Judgment
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Foundations of Music History ⓘ Nineteenth-Century Music ⓘ The Idea of Absolute Music ⓘ |
| occupation |
musicologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Germany
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Hannover ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| workLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
| wroteInLanguage | German ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Carl Dahlhaus Description of subject: Carl Dahlhaus was a prominent 20th-century German musicologist renowned for his influential scholarship on music history and theory, particularly of the 19th century.
Referenced by (4)
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