Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
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Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet is a genre-blending world music album that showcases the Silk Road Ensemble’s cross-cultural collaboration and fusion of Eastern and Western musical traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1524372 — 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: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet Context triple: [Silk Road Ensemble, notableWork, Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet]
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A.
Silk Road Project
Silk Road Project is a cultural and musical initiative founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma that promotes cross-cultural collaboration inspired by the historic Silk Road trade routes.
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B.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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C.
Caravan
"Caravan" is a famous jazz standard composed in 1936, closely associated with Duke Ellington’s orchestra and known for its exotic, Latin-tinged harmonies and rhythms.
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D.
Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
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E.
Caravanserai
A caravanserai is a roadside inn historically found along trade routes in Asia and the Middle East, providing lodging, stables, and supplies for traveling merchants and their caravans.
- 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: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet Target entity description: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet is a genre-blending world music album that showcases the Silk Road Ensemble’s cross-cultural collaboration and fusion of Eastern and Western musical traditions.
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A.
Silk Road Project
Silk Road Project is a cultural and musical initiative founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma that promotes cross-cultural collaboration inspired by the historic Silk Road trade routes.
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B.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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C.
Caravan
"Caravan" is a famous jazz standard composed in 1936, closely associated with Duke Ellington’s orchestra and known for its exotic, Latin-tinged harmonies and rhythms.
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D.
Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
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E.
Caravanserai
A caravanserai is a roadside inn historically found along trade routes in Asia and the Middle East, providing lodging, stables, and supplies for traveling merchants and their caravans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
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studio album ⓘ world music album ⓘ |
| artist | Silk Road Ensemble ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Silk Road Project
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Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| contributor |
Silk Road Ensemble
ⓘ
Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresEnsemble | multinational ensemble ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
cello
ⓘ
kamancheh ⓘ percussion ⓘ pipa ⓘ shakuhachi ⓘ |
| genre |
classical crossover
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fusion ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasPart | track ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
collaborative
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cross-cultural ⓘ genre-blending ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
classical music listeners
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world music listeners ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
East–West musical fusion
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Silk Road ⓘ
linked to:
Silk Road routes
cross-cultural collaboration ⓘ |
| medium |
CD
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digital audio ⓘ |
| musicalTradition |
Eastern musical traditions
ⓘ
Western musical traditions ⓘ |
| partOf | Silk Road Ensemble discography ⓘ |
| performer | Silk Road Ensemble ⓘ |
| performerCollection | Silk Road Project ⓘ |
| producer | Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| publisher | Sony Classical ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Sony Classical ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural exchange
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intercultural understanding ⓘ musical dialogue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet Description of subject: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet is a genre-blending world music album that showcases the Silk Road Ensemble’s cross-cultural collaboration and fusion of Eastern and Western musical traditions.
Referenced by (3)
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