Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer
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"Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer" is the intense, emotionally charged third song of Gustav Mahler’s song cycle *Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen*, expressing anguish and heartbreak.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer canonical | 1 |
| “Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10039546 — 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: Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer Context triple: [Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, movement, Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer]
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A.
Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet
"Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet" is a poignant song for voice and piano from Robert Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe, Op. 48, setting a melancholic love poem by Heinrich Heine.
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B.
Mack the Knife
"Mack the Knife" is a popular song from Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" that became a jazz and pop standard through numerous iconic recordings.
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C.
The Mephisto Waltz
The Mephisto Waltz is a 1971 American horror film involving satanic rituals and body-swapping, in which Bradford Dillman plays a central role.
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D.
Mit brennender Sorge
Mit brennender Sorge is a 1937 papal encyclical that condemned Nazi ideology, particularly its racism and totalitarianism, and defended the rights of the Catholic Church in Germany.
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E.
An die Freude
"An die Freude" is Friedrich Schiller’s ode celebrating universal brotherhood and joy, famously set to music in the choral finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
- 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: Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer Target entity description: "Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer" is the intense, emotionally charged third song of Gustav Mahler’s song cycle *Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen*, expressing anguish and heartbreak.
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A.
Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet
"Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet" is a poignant song for voice and piano from Robert Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe, Op. 48, setting a melancholic love poem by Heinrich Heine.
-
B.
Mack the Knife
"Mack the Knife" is a popular song from Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" that became a jazz and pop standard through numerous iconic recordings.
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C.
The Mephisto Waltz
The Mephisto Waltz is a 1971 American horror film involving satanic rituals and body-swapping, in which Bradford Dillman plays a central role.
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D.
Mit brennender Sorge
Mit brennender Sorge is a 1937 papal encyclical that condemned Nazi ideology, particularly its racism and totalitarianism, and defended the rights of the Catholic Church in Germany.
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E.
An die Freude
"An die Freude" is Friedrich Schiller’s ode celebrating universal brotherhood and joy, famously set to music in the choral finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art song
ⓘ
classical music composition ⓘ |
| associatedComposer | Gustav Mahler ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahler Symphony No. 1
|
| catalogueGrouping | Mahler songs ⓘ |
| characterType | wandering journeyman ⓘ |
| composer | Gustav Mahler ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
|
| cycle | Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ⓘ |
| cycleNarrativeFunction | climactic expression of pain ⓘ |
| cyclePosition | third song ⓘ |
| cycleTotalSongs | 4 ⓘ |
| emotion |
anguish
ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceApproximateDate | 1890s ⓘ |
| genre |
Lied
ⓘ
song cycle movement ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
fin de siècle Vienna
ⓘ
linked to:
Fin de siècle
|
| language | German ⓘ |
| lyricist | Gustav Mahler ⓘ |
| mood |
desperate
ⓘ
intense ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableInterpretiveFeature |
dramatic orchestral writing
ⓘ
intense vocal expression ⓘ |
| orchestrationBy | Gustav Mahler ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | voice and piano ⓘ |
| originalKey | D minor ⓘ |
| partOf | Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often performed with orchestra
ⓘ
often sung by baritone ⓘ |
| period | late Romantic ⓘ |
| textSource | poem by Gustav Mahler ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional pain
ⓘ
loss ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| titleTranslationEnglish | I have a gleaming knife ⓘ |
| workType | song from a song cycle ⓘ |
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Subject: Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer Description of subject: "Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer" is the intense, emotionally charged third song of Gustav Mahler’s song cycle *Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen*, expressing anguish and heartbreak.
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linked to: Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer