Nikolai Rubinstein
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Nikolai Rubinstein was a prominent 19th-century Russian pianist, conductor, and educator who co-founded and directed the Moscow Conservatory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nikolai Rubinstein canonical | 31 |
| Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Nikolai Rubinstein Context triple: [Novodevichy Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Nikolai Rubinstein]
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Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin, better known as Vyacheslav Molotov, was a prominent Soviet politician and diplomat who served as Joseph Stalin’s close associate and the long-time foreign minister of the USSR.
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Alexei Razumovsky
Alexei Razumovsky was a Ukrainian-born Cossack who rose from humble origins to become a powerful favorite and morganatic husband of Empress Elizabeth of Russia.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor renowned for his emotionally powerful Romantic-era works and virtuosic piano concertos.
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D.
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky, better known as Serge Koussevitzky, was a prominent Russian-born American conductor, double-bassist, and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra renowned for championing contemporary composers.
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Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Ossip Gabrilowitsch was a Russian-born American pianist, conductor, and composer who became a prominent early 20th-century musical figure in the United States.
- 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: Nikolai Rubinstein Target entity description: Nikolai Rubinstein was a prominent 19th-century Russian pianist, conductor, and educator who co-founded and directed the Moscow Conservatory.
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A.
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin, better known as Vyacheslav Molotov, was a prominent Soviet politician and diplomat who served as Joseph Stalin’s close associate and the long-time foreign minister of the USSR.
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B.
Alexei Razumovsky
Alexei Razumovsky was a Ukrainian-born Cossack who rose from humble origins to become a powerful favorite and morganatic husband of Empress Elizabeth of Russia.
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C.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor renowned for his emotionally powerful Romantic-era works and virtuosic piano concertos.
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D.
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky
Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky, better known as Serge Koussevitzky, was a prominent Russian-born American conductor, double-bassist, and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra renowned for championing contemporary composers.
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E.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Ossip Gabrilowitsch was a Russian-born American pianist, conductor, and composer who became a prominent early 20th-century musical figure in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic administrator
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conductor ⓘ human ⓘ music educator ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| coFounded | Moscow Conservatory ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | Judaism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1835-06-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1881-03-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Berlin (private musical studies)
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Leipzig Conservatory ⓘ |
| employer | Moscow Conservatory ⓘ |
| era |
Romantic era
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linked to:
Romanticism
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| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Rubinstein ⓘ |
| fullName |
Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein
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linked to:
Nikolai Rubinstein
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| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| givenName |
Nikolai
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linked to:
Nikolay
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| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of professional music education in Russia
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promotion of Russian composers ⓘ virtuoso piano performance ⓘ |
| memberOf | Russian musical intelligentsia ⓘ |
| movement | Russian musical nationalism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| notableWork | co-founding of the Moscow Conservatory ⓘ |
| occupation |
conductor
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conservatory director ⓘ music teacher ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| performedWorksBy |
Frédéric Chopin
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Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ Robert Schumann ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Moscow
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Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Moscow Conservatory ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodoxy
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linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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| sibling | Anton Rubinstein ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Adolf Bernhard Marx
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Alexander Villoing ⓘ Theodor Kullak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
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Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nikolai Rubinstein
Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Dreams"
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firstPerformanceConductor
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Nikolai Rubinstein
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Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (orchestral version)
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premiereConductor
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Nikolai Rubinstein
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