The Widow’s Lament in Springtime
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"The Widow’s Lament in Springtime" is a modernist musical setting by composer Milton Babbitt of William Carlos Williams’s poem of the same name, reflecting his characteristically complex and innovative style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Widow’s Lament in Springtime canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10073100 — 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: The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Context triple: [Milton Babbitt, notableWork, The Widow’s Lament in Springtime]
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A.
The Wife’s Lament
"The Wife’s Lament" is an Old English elegiac poem, voiced by a sorrowful woman lamenting separation and exile, and is one of the most studied lyric texts in Anglo-Saxon literature.
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B.
“Lament for the Deceased Wife”
“Lament for the Deceased Wife” is an elegiac poem by the Nara-period Japanese poet Yamanoue no Okura, expressing profound grief and love for his late wife.
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C.
Mourning in the Morning
"Mourning in the Morning" is a 1969 electric blues album by guitarist and singer Otis Rush that blends Chicago blues with soul and rock influences.
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D.
The Widow
The Widow is a tragic female character in Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "Zorba the Greek," whose relationship with the narrator and subsequent fate highlight the clash between individual desire and oppressive social norms in a Cretan village.
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E.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
- 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: The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Target entity description: "The Widow’s Lament in Springtime" is a modernist musical setting by composer Milton Babbitt of William Carlos Williams’s poem of the same name, reflecting his characteristically complex and innovative style.
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A.
The Wife’s Lament
"The Wife’s Lament" is an Old English elegiac poem, voiced by a sorrowful woman lamenting separation and exile, and is one of the most studied lyric texts in Anglo-Saxon literature.
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B.
“Lament for the Deceased Wife”
“Lament for the Deceased Wife” is an elegiac poem by the Nara-period Japanese poet Yamanoue no Okura, expressing profound grief and love for his late wife.
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C.
Mourning in the Morning
"Mourning in the Morning" is a 1969 electric blues album by guitarist and singer Otis Rush that blends Chicago blues with soul and rock influences.
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D.
The Widow
The Widow is a tragic female character in Nikos Kazantzakis's novel "Zorba the Greek," whose relationship with the narrator and subsequent fate highlight the clash between individual desire and oppressive social norms in a Cretan village.
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E.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist composition
ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ vocal work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Milton Babbitt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Widow’s Lament in Springtime (poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasCreatorRole |
composer: Milton Babbitt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
poet: William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
grief
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nature ⓘ spring ⓘ widowhood ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Widow’s Lament in Springtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | themes of loss and renewal in the poem ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | musical modernism ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| style |
complex
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innovative ⓘ |
| textBy | William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textSource |
The Widow’s Lament in Springtime (poem)
NERFINISHED
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poetry ⓘ |
| usesTechniques |
advanced harmonic language
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advanced rhythmic complexity ⓘ |
| workType |
poem setting
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song setting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Widow’s Lament in Springtime Description of subject: "The Widow’s Lament in Springtime" is a modernist musical setting by composer Milton Babbitt of William Carlos Williams’s poem of the same name, reflecting his characteristically complex and innovative style.
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