Symphony No. 1
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Symphony No. 1 is the designation typically given to a composer’s first completed symphonic work, often marking an important early milestone in their orchestral output.
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| Symphony No. 1 canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Symphony No. 1 Context triple: [Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, workTypeNumber, Symphony No. 1]
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is an orchestral work by American composer John Harbison that showcases his modern yet accessible neoclassical style.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies that reflects his distinctive modernist style and often intense, dramatic musical language.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is an early orchestral work by American composer Elliott Carter that showcases the beginnings of his transition from neoclassical influences toward a more complex, modernist style.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1, commonly known as "A Sea Symphony," is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s expansive choral symphony that sets Walt Whitman’s sea-themed poetry to music.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is an orchestral work by American composer Ned Rorem that showcases his lyrical, tonal-modern style and helped establish his reputation in mid-20th-century classical music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Symphony No. 1 Target entity description: Symphony No. 1 is the designation typically given to a composer’s first completed symphonic work, often marking an important early milestone in their orchestral output.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is Leonard Bernstein’s early large-scale orchestral work, often called "Jeremiah," which blends symphonic form with vocal elements and Jewish liturgical themes.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is an early large-scale orchestral work by Austrian composer Ernst Toch that showcases his emerging modernist style and craftsmanship.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is an early large-scale orchestral work by British composer Richard Rodney Bennett that showcases his blend of modernist technique and lyrical expression.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is a large-scale orchestral work by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, reflecting his distinctive blend of neoclassicism, folk influences, and modern harmonies.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies that reflects his distinctive modernist style and often intense, dramatic musical language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work designation
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symphony title ⓘ |
| appliesTo | orchestral compositions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
classical music
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orchestral music ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Symphony No. 2
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Symphony No. 3 ⓘ |
| denotes | first symphony in a composer’s catalog ⓘ |
| hasForm | symphony ⓘ |
| hasNotableExample |
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
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Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 ⓘ
linked to:
Brahms's Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Bruckner’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor ⓘ Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major ⓘ
linked to:
Mahler Symphony No. 1
Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 ⓘ Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical" ⓘ
linked to:
Prokofiev’s first numbered symphony
Schumann’s Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring" ⓘ
linked to:
Schumann’s symphonies
Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 ⓘ Sibelius’s Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 ⓘ
linked to:
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams" ⓘ
linked to:
Tchaikovsky's First Symphony
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| hasTitlePattern | "Symphony No. 1 in [key], Op. [number]" ⓘ |
| hasTypicalInstrumentation | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| implies |
beginning of a symphonic cycle
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early milestone in a composer’s career ⓘ |
| isCataloguedIn | composer’s list of works ⓘ |
| isComposedBy |
Anton Bruckner
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Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ Franz Mahler (Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 is often called "Titan") ⓘ Gustav Mahler ⓘ Jean Sibelius ⓘ Johannes Brahms ⓘ Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ Robert Schumann ⓘ Sergei Prokofiev ⓘ |
| isNumberedBy | ordinal number 1 ⓘ |
| isPerformedBy | symphony orchestras worldwide ⓘ |
| isRecordedBy | classical record labels ⓘ |
| mayBe |
a professional debut work
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a student work ⓘ |
| mayInclude |
finale in fast tempo
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four movements ⓘ minuet or scherzo ⓘ slow second movement ⓘ sonata-form first movement ⓘ |
| namingConventionIn | Western classical music ⓘ |
| oftenMarks |
composer’s first large-scale orchestral achievement
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transition from apprenticeship to maturity ⓘ |
| usedFor | labeling a composer’s first completed symphony ⓘ |
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Subject: Symphony No. 1 Description of subject: Symphony No. 1 is the designation typically given to a composer’s first completed symphonic work, often marking an important early milestone in their orchestral output.
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