The Seven Stages
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The Seven Stages is a multi-movement section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” inspired by W. H. Auden’s poem and exploring themes of spiritual and psychological struggle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Seven Stages canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1820908 — 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: The Seven Stages Context triple: [Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", hasPart, The Seven Stages]
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A.
Song of Seven
"Song of Seven" is a 1980 progressive rock solo album by Jon Anderson, blending spiritual themes with lush, melodic arrangements.
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B.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
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C.
The Golden Threshold
The Golden Threshold is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and evocation of Indian life and landscapes.
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D.
The Golden Stairs
The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
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E.
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
- 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: The Seven Stages Target entity description: The Seven Stages is a multi-movement section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” inspired by W. H. Auden’s poem and exploring themes of spiritual and psychological struggle.
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A.
Song of Seven
"Song of Seven" is a 1980 progressive rock solo album by Jon Anderson, blending spiritual themes with lush, melodic arrangements.
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B.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
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C.
The Golden Threshold
The Golden Threshold is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and evocation of Indian life and landscapes.
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D.
The Golden Stairs
The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
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E.
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral composition section
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symphonic movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American classical music
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post-war symphonic repertoire ⓘ |
| basedOn | W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue" ⓘ |
| composer | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| explores | inner life of the characters from Auden’s poem ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
orchestra
ⓘ
piano ⓘ |
| follows | The Prologue ⓘ |
| genre | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Stage I
ⓘ
Stage II ⓘ Stage III ⓘ Stage IV ⓘ Stage V ⓘ Stage VI ⓘ Stage VII ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
W. H. Auden
ⓘ
poem "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ
linked to:
The Age of Anxiety
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| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movementCount | seven ⓘ |
| partOf | Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ |
| positionInWork |
Part II of Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
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linked to:
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
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| theme |
existential anxiety
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modern alienation ⓘ psychological struggle ⓘ search for identity ⓘ spiritual struggle ⓘ |
| tonalLanguage | tonal with modernist elements ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Seven Stages Description of subject: The Seven Stages is a multi-movement section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” inspired by W. H. Auden’s poem and exploring themes of spiritual and psychological struggle.
Referenced by (5)
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