My Ends Are My Beginnings
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"My Ends Are My Beginnings" is a complex, serial composition by American composer Milton Babbitt that exemplifies his highly structured, mathematically oriented approach to contemporary classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Ends Are My Beginnings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10073101 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Ends Are My Beginnings Context triple: [Milton Babbitt, notableWork, My Ends Are My Beginnings]
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A.
The Beginning or the End
"The Beginning or the End" is a 1947 American docudrama film dramatizing the development and use of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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B.
Beginning and the End
Beginning and the End is a biblical title for God, especially in Christian theology, emphasizing divine eternity and sovereignty over all of history.
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C.
The End of Something
"The End of Something" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of change and the dissolution of a relationship against the backdrop of a declining mill town.
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D.
Where I End and You Begin
"Where I End and You Begin" is a moody, atmospheric rock song by the English band Radiohead, noted for its layered textures, ominous bassline, and themes of separation and unease.
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E.
The End of the Journey
The End of the Journey is the concluding section of William Morris’s fantasy romance "The Well at the World’s End," in which the long quest reaches its final resolution.
- 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: My Ends Are My Beginnings Target entity description: "My Ends Are My Beginnings" is a complex, serial composition by American composer Milton Babbitt that exemplifies his highly structured, mathematically oriented approach to contemporary classical music.
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A.
The Beginning or the End
"The Beginning or the End" is a 1947 American docudrama film dramatizing the development and use of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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B.
Beginning and the End
Beginning and the End is a biblical title for God, especially in Christian theology, emphasizing divine eternity and sovereignty over all of history.
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C.
The End of Something
"The End of Something" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of change and the dissolution of a relationship against the backdrop of a declining mill town.
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D.
Where I End and You Begin
"Where I End and You Begin" is a moody, atmospheric rock song by the English band Radiohead, noted for its layered textures, ominous bassline, and themes of separation and unease.
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E.
The End of the Journey
The End of the Journey is the concluding section of William Morris’s fantasy romance "The Well at the World’s End," in which the long quest reaches its final resolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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serial composition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American academic serialism
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post-war avant-garde music ⓘ |
| composedBy | Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
complex
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highly structured ⓘ mathematically oriented ⓘ |
| hasTitleWordplayOn | “My end is my beginning” ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American academic music theory
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Arnold Schoenberg’s twelve-tone method ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| musicStyle | post-tonal ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of mathematics and musical structure
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rigorous formal construction ⓘ |
| partOf | Milton Babbitt’s oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | cyclical musical structure ⓘ |
| titleReferences | medieval musical canon form ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
serialism
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twelve-tone technique ⓘ |
| workType | concert music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Ends Are My Beginnings Description of subject: "My Ends Are My Beginnings" is a complex, serial composition by American composer Milton Babbitt that exemplifies his highly structured, mathematically oriented approach to contemporary classical music.
Referenced by (1)
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