Three-part Ricercar
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The Three-part Ricercar is a contrapuntal keyboard piece by J.S. Bach, famous as one of the two ricercars in his collection *The Musical Offering*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Three-part Ricercar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12609084 — 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: Three-part Ricercar Context triple: [Ricercar a 3, alsoKnownAs, Three-part Ricercar]
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A.
Ciaccona
Ciaccona is the monumental final movement of J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 for solo violin, renowned for its profound emotional depth and intricate variations over a repeating harmonic pattern.
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B.
Bach Partitas
Bach Partitas are a celebrated set of six keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for their technical demands, expressive depth, and central place in the Baroque keyboard repertoire.
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C.
Concerto Grosso
Concerto Grosso is a modern orchestral work by Igor Markevitch that reimagines the Baroque concerto grosso form with his characteristically bold, rhythmic, and harmonically adventurous style.
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D.
Contrapunctus III
Contrapunctus III is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s intricate fugues from *The Art of Fugue*, showcasing his exploration of contrapuntal variation on a single musical theme.
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E.
Contrapunctus I
Contrapunctus I is the opening fugue of Johann Sebastian Bach’s *The Art of Fugue*, introducing the principal subject that underpins the entire collection.
- 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: Three-part Ricercar Target entity description: The Three-part Ricercar is a contrapuntal keyboard piece by J.S. Bach, famous as one of the two ricercars in his collection *The Musical Offering*.
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A.
Ciaccona
Ciaccona is the monumental final movement of J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 for solo violin, renowned for its profound emotional depth and intricate variations over a repeating harmonic pattern.
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B.
Bach Partitas
Bach Partitas are a celebrated set of six keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for their technical demands, expressive depth, and central place in the Baroque keyboard repertoire.
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C.
Concerto Grosso
Concerto Grosso is a modern orchestral work by Igor Markevitch that reimagines the Baroque concerto grosso form with his characteristically bold, rhythmic, and harmonically adventurous style.
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D.
Contrapunctus III
Contrapunctus III is one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s intricate fugues from *The Art of Fugue*, showcasing his exploration of contrapuntal variation on a single musical theme.
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E.
Contrapunctus I
Contrapunctus I is the opening fugue of Johann Sebastian Bach’s *The Art of Fugue*, introducing the principal subject that underpins the entire collection.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.