The Masque
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The Masque is a lively, jazz-influenced movement within Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s exploration of modern existential themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Masque canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1820910 — 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 Masque Context triple: [Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", hasPart, The Masque]
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A.
Harlequinade
Harlequinade is a one-act play by Terence Rattigan, often performed alongside *The Browning Version*, that offers a light, farcical backstage comedy contrasting with its companion piece’s serious tone.
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B.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
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C.
Inns of Court masques
Inns of Court masques were elaborate early modern English courtly entertainments, combining drama, music, dance, and spectacle, staged by members of London’s legal societies.
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D.
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
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E.
The Laughing Cavalier
The Laughing Cavalier is a famous 1624 portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, celebrated for its lively brushwork, vivid detail, and the subject’s enigmatic, almost smiling expression.
- 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 Masque Target entity description: The Masque is a lively, jazz-influenced movement within Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s exploration of modern existential themes.
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A.
Harlequinade
Harlequinade is a one-act play by Terence Rattigan, often performed alongside *The Browning Version*, that offers a light, farcical backstage comedy contrasting with its companion piece’s serious tone.
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B.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
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C.
Inns of Court masques
Inns of Court masques were elaborate early modern English courtly entertainments, combining drama, music, dance, and spectacle, staged by members of London’s legal societies.
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D.
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
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E.
The Laughing Cavalier
The Laughing Cavalier is a famous 1624 portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, celebrated for its lively brushwork, vivid detail, and the subject’s enigmatic, almost smiling expression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral piece
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symphonic movement ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
American classical music
ⓘ
postwar modernism ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| composer | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
brass
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ percussion ⓘ piano ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
dance-like
ⓘ
playful ⓘ virtuosic ⓘ |
| hasDramaticFunction |
contrasts with more introspective movements
ⓘ
expresses nervous energy of postwar era ⓘ |
| hasForm |
episodic
ⓘ
rondo-like ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
20th-century classical music
ⓘ
symphonic jazz ⓘ |
| hasKey | G minor ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
lively
ⓘ
rhythmic ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
Andre Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra
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Krzysztof Urbański conducting Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra ⓘ Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic ⓘ Lukas Foss as piano soloist ⓘ |
| hasSectionRole | central fast movement ⓘ |
| hasTempoMarking | Vivace ⓘ |
| hasWorkLanguage | instrumental ⓘ |
| influencedBy | jazz ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | The Dirge ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | The Prologue ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| partOf | Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ |
| partOfLargerTheme | exploration of modern existential anxiety ⓘ |
| premiereCity |
Boston
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
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| premiereConductor | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| premiereCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| premieredWithWork | Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | W. H. Auden's poem "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ |
| usesElement |
jazz harmonies
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orchestral interjections ⓘ ostinato figures ⓘ piano cadenzas ⓘ syncopated rhythms ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Masque Description of subject: The Masque is a lively, jazz-influenced movement within Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s exploration of modern existential themes.
Referenced by (3)
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