Appalachian Spring
E202830
Appalachian Spring is a celebrated 1944 orchestral suite and ballet score by Aaron Copland, renowned for its distinctly American sound and incorporation of the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Appalachian Spring canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1820965 — 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: Appalachian Spring Context triple: [Aaron Copland, notableWork, Appalachian Spring]
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A.
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d" is Walt Whitman’s elegiac poem mourning the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, renowned for its lyrical meditation on grief, nature, and national loss.
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B.
The Rains Came
The Rains Came is a 1939 American drama film set in India that is renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
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C.
Way Down East
Way Down East is a 1920 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, renowned for its emotional storytelling and groundbreaking ice floe rescue sequence.
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D.
It Might as Well Be Spring
"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a popular 1945 song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the film "State Fair" and now a standard of the American songbook.
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E.
Girl from the North Country
"Girl from the North Country" is a reflective folk ballad by Bob Dylan, celebrated for its melancholic lyrics and enduring influence in his catalog.
- 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: Appalachian Spring Target entity description: Appalachian Spring is a celebrated 1944 orchestral suite and ballet score by Aaron Copland, renowned for its distinctly American sound and incorporation of the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts."
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A.
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d" is Walt Whitman’s elegiac poem mourning the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, renowned for its lyrical meditation on grief, nature, and national loss.
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B.
The Rains Came
The Rains Came is a 1939 American drama film set in India that is renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
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C.
Way Down East
Way Down East is a 1920 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, renowned for its emotional storytelling and groundbreaking ice floe rescue sequence.
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D.
It Might as Well Be Spring
"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a popular 1945 song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the film "State Fair" and now a standard of the American songbook.
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E.
Girl from the North Country
"Girl from the North Country" is a reflective folk ballad by Bob Dylan, celebrated for its melancholic lyrics and enduring influence in his catalog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet score
ⓘ
orchestral suite ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Martha Graham ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Music ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| basedOnMelody | Simple Gifts ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| composer | Aaron Copland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts | pioneer celebration of a young farm couple ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century classical music
ⓘ
ballet ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bassoon
ⓘ
clarinet ⓘ flute ⓘ percussion ⓘ piano ⓘ strings ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
ballet score version
ⓘ
orchestral suite version ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American folk music
ⓘ
Shaker music ⓘ |
| keyCharacteristic |
open harmonies
ⓘ
syncopated rhythms ⓘ use of folk-like melodies ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movementCount | 8 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctly American sound
ⓘ
incorporation of the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts" ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Boston Symphony Orchestra
ⓘ
New York Philharmonic ⓘ |
| orchestration |
full orchestra
ⓘ
original chamber ensemble ⓘ |
| originalChoreographer | Martha Graham ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Ballet for Martha ⓘ |
| period | modernist era ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| premiereCompany | Martha Graham Dance Company ⓘ |
| premiereCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| premiereVenue |
Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium
ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas Jefferson Building
|
| publisher | Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ |
| setting | rural Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| style | American classical music ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | American frontier life ⓘ |
| usesFolkMaterialFrom | Shaker tradition ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1944 ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1944 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Appalachian Spring Description of subject: Appalachian Spring is a celebrated 1944 orchestral suite and ballet score by Aaron Copland, renowned for its distinctly American sound and incorporation of the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts."
Referenced by (7)
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