Vladimir Ussachevsky
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Vladimir Ussachevsky was a pioneering composer and key figure in the development of electronic music, particularly known for his work at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vladimir Ussachevsky canonical | 3 |
| Ussachevsky | 1 |
| Vladimir Alexeevich Ussachevsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10954670 — 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: Vladimir Ussachevsky Context triple: [New York College of Music, notableAlumni, Vladimir Ussachevsky]
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Rodion Shchedrin
Rodion Shchedrin is a prominent Russian composer and pianist known for his innovative orchestral works and ballets, many of which were created in collaboration with his wife, legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya.
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B.
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Nikolai Tcherepnin was a Russian composer and conductor associated with the Ballets Russes, known for his orchestral and stage works in the early 20th century.
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C.
Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch was a Ukrainian-born 20th-century conductor and composer renowned for his innovative orchestral works and influential international conducting career.
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D.
Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss was a German-American composer, conductor, and pianist known for his innovative, eclectic works and leadership of major American orchestras and music institutions.
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E.
Joseph Schillinger
Joseph Schillinger was a Russian-American composer, music theorist, and educator best known for developing the mathematically based Schillinger System of Musical Composition.
- 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: Vladimir Ussachevsky Target entity description: Vladimir Ussachevsky was a pioneering composer and key figure in the development of electronic music, particularly known for his work at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
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A.
Rodion Shchedrin
Rodion Shchedrin is a prominent Russian composer and pianist known for his innovative orchestral works and ballets, many of which were created in collaboration with his wife, legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya.
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B.
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Nikolai Tcherepnin was a Russian composer and conductor associated with the Ballets Russes, known for his orchestral and stage works in the early 20th century.
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C.
Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch was a Ukrainian-born 20th-century conductor and composer renowned for his innovative orchestral works and influential international conducting career.
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D.
Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss was a German-American composer, conductor, and pianist known for his innovative, eclectic works and leadership of major American orchestras and music institutions.
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E.
Joseph Schillinger
Joseph Schillinger was a Russian-American composer, music theorist, and educator best known for developing the mathematically based Schillinger System of Musical Composition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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composer ⓘ electronic music composer ⓘ music educator ⓘ person ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coFounded | Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | China ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1911-11-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-01-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eastman School of Music
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Pomona College ⓘ |
| employer | Columbia University ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| eraOfActivity |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ussachevsky
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linked to:
Vladimir Ussachevsky
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| fieldOfWork |
contemporary classical music
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electronic music ⓘ |
| fullName |
Vladimir Alexeevich Ussachevsky
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linked to:
Vladimir Ussachevsky
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| genre |
electronic music
ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ tape music ⓘ |
| givenName | Vladimir ⓘ |
| heritage | Russian ⓘ |
| influenced |
American electronic music
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generations of electronic composers ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| movement | American avant-garde ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of tape music techniques
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pioneering work in electronic music ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Linear Contrasts
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linked to:
Fisher's LSD test
Piece for Tape Recorder ⓘ Sonic Contours ⓘ
linked to:
Sonic Arts Union
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| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| originalNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hailar ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of music at Columbia University ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Columbia University ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
analog synthesizers
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tape recorders ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Columbia University ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vladimir Ussachevsky Description of subject: Vladimir Ussachevsky was a pioneering composer and key figure in the development of electronic music, particularly known for his work at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vladimir Ussachevsky
linked to: Vladimir Ussachevsky