Percy Grainger
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Percy Grainger was an Australian-born composer, pianist, and folk-music arranger known for innovative orchestral works such as "Country Gardens" and "Lincolnshire Posy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Percy Grainger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8469404 — 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: Percy Grainger Context triple: [Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt, notableAlumnus, Percy Grainger]
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A.
Lennox Berkeley
Lennox Berkeley was a 20th-century English composer known for his refined, neoclassical style and contributions to orchestral, choral, and chamber music.
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B.
Frederick Delius
Frederick Delius was an English composer known for his impressionistic, nature-inspired orchestral and choral works from the late Romantic and early modern periods.
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C.
Edmund Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra was a 20th-century English composer best known for his symphonies and sacred choral music.
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D.
Arthur Bliss
Arthur Bliss was a prominent 20th-century British composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and tenure as Master of the Queen’s Music.
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E.
Charles Ives
Charles Ives was an innovative American modernist composer known for his experimental use of dissonance, polytonality, and quotation of popular and hymn tunes, which made him a major pioneer of 20th-century classical 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: Percy Grainger Target entity description: Percy Grainger was an Australian-born composer, pianist, and folk-music arranger known for innovative orchestral works such as "Country Gardens" and "Lincolnshire Posy."
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A.
Lennox Berkeley
Lennox Berkeley was a 20th-century English composer known for his refined, neoclassical style and contributions to orchestral, choral, and chamber music.
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B.
Frederick Delius
Frederick Delius was an English composer known for his impressionistic, nature-inspired orchestral and choral works from the late Romantic and early modern periods.
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C.
Edmund Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra was a 20th-century English composer best known for his symphonies and sacred choral music.
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D.
Arthur Bliss
Arthur Bliss was a prominent 20th-century British composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and tenure as Master of the Queen’s Music.
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E.
Charles Ives
Charles Ives was an innovative American modernist composer known for his experimental use of dissonance, polytonality, and quotation of popular and hymn tunes, which made him a major pioneer of 20th-century classical music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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folk music arranger ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1882-07-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1961-02-20 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Grainger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John H. Grainger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
folk-song collection
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orchestration ⓘ piano performance ⓘ |
| fullName | George Percy Aldridge Grainger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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folk music ⓘ |
| givenName |
George
NERFINISHED
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Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignatureWork |
Country Gardens
NERFINISHED
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Lincolnshire Posy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| knownFor |
folk-song arrangements
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innovative orchestration ⓘ wind band compositions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mother | Rose Annie Aldridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| notableStudent | none ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Colonial Song
NERFINISHED
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Country Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ Handel in the Strand NERFINISHED ⓘ Hill Song No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Hill Song No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Tune from County Derry NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincolnshire Posy NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly on the Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ Shepherd’s Hey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | White Plains, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| spouse | Ella Ström NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Percy Grainger Description of subject: Percy Grainger was an Australian-born composer, pianist, and folk-music arranger known for innovative orchestral works such as "Country Gardens" and "Lincolnshire Posy."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.