William Bolcom
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William Bolcom is an American composer and pianist known for his eclectic style that blends classical music with popular and cabaret influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Bolcom canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12531027 — 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: William Bolcom Context triple: [Out of This World, hasNotablePerformer, William Bolcom]
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A.
John Harbison
John Harbison is an American composer renowned for his orchestral, chamber, choral, and operatic works, and for his influential role in contemporary classical music.
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B.
Christopher Rouse
Christopher Rouse is an American film editor known for his work on high-octane action movies, including several entries in the Bourne franchise.
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C.
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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D.
Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter was an influential American composer renowned for his complex, intellectually rigorous modernist works and innovative use of rhythm and texture.
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E.
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman was an influential American avant-garde composer known for his quiet, long-duration works and close association with the New York School of composers and artists.
- 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: William Bolcom Target entity description: William Bolcom is an American composer and pianist known for his eclectic style that blends classical music with popular and cabaret influences.
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A.
John Harbison
John Harbison is an American composer renowned for his orchestral, chamber, choral, and operatic works, and for his influential role in contemporary classical music.
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B.
Christopher Rouse
Christopher Rouse is an American film editor known for his work on high-octane action movies, including several entries in the Bourne franchise.
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C.
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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D.
Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter was an influential American composer renowned for his complex, intellectually rigorous modernist works and innovative use of rhythm and texture.
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E.
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman was an influential American avant-garde composer known for his quiet, long-duration works and close association with the New York School of composers and artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.