Le Tombeau de Couperin

E208448

musical composition orchestral suite piano suite

Le Tombeau de Couperin is a neoclassical suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, later orchestrated, composed as an homage to French Baroque style and to friends lost in World War I.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Le Tombeau de Couperin canonical	3
Le Tombeau de Couperin first published for piano in 1918	1
The Tomb of Couperin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1845788 — 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: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Context triple: [Maurice Ravel, notableWork, Le Tombeau de Couperin]

A. Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" is a large-scale impressionistic ballet score, renowned for its lush orchestration and evocative depiction of an ancient pastoral love story.
B. Pavane pour une infante défunte
Pavane pour une infante défunte is a lyrical, nostalgic pavane originally composed for solo piano by Maurice Ravel and later orchestrated, known for its delicate melody and evocation of a bygone Spanish courtly elegance.
C. Franck Symphony in D minor
Franck's Symphony in D minor is a late-Romantic orchestral work renowned for its cyclical structure, rich harmonies, and emotional intensity, and is considered the Belgian composer's symphonic masterpiece.
D. Caprice for Three
Caprice for Three is a contemporary classical piece for three string soloists, featured on the collaborative album "Appalachian Journey" by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
E. The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring is a groundbreaking early 20th-century ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, famous for its avant-garde music, depiction of pagan rituals, and the scandal it caused at its 1913 Paris debut.
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: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Target entity description: Le Tombeau de Couperin is a neoclassical suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, later orchestrated, composed as an homage to French Baroque style and to friends lost in World War I.

A. Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" is a large-scale impressionistic ballet score, renowned for its lush orchestration and evocative depiction of an ancient pastoral love story.
B. Pavane pour une infante défunte
Pavane pour une infante défunte is a lyrical, nostalgic pavane originally composed for solo piano by Maurice Ravel and later orchestrated, known for its delicate melody and evocation of a bygone Spanish courtly elegance.
C. Franck Symphony in D minor
Franck's Symphony in D minor is a late-Romantic orchestral work renowned for its cyclical structure, rich harmonies, and emotional intensity, and is considered the Belgian composer's symphonic masterpiece.
D. Caprice for Three
Caprice for Three is a contemporary classical piece for three string soloists, featured on the collaborative album "Appalachian Journey" by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
E. The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring is a groundbreaking early 20th-century ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, famous for its avant-garde music, depiction of pagan rituals, and the scandal it caused at its 1913 Paris debut.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical composition ⓘ orchestral suite ⓘ piano suite ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	World War I ⓘ
catalogue	Maurice Ravel’s works catalogue ⓘ
commemorates	friends of Maurice Ravel killed in World War I ⓘ
composer	Maurice Ravel ⓘ
composerNationality	French ⓘ
compositionPeriod	World War I ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
dedication	individual friends of Maurice Ravel killed in World War I ⓘ
form	multi-movement suite ⓘ
genre	neoclassicism ⓘ suite ⓘ
hasNoText	true ⓘ
historicalContext	early 20th-century French music ⓘ
homageTo	François Couperin ⓘ French Baroque music ⓘ
influencedBy	Baroque dance forms ⓘ French Baroque keyboard suites ⓘ
keyCharacteristic	light, refined character despite memorial purpose ⓘ
language	none (instrumental) ⓘ
laterInstrumentation	orchestra ⓘ
memorialWork	true ⓘ
movement	Forlane ⓘ Fugue ⓘ Menuet ⓘ Prélude ⓘ Rigaudon ⓘ Toccata ⓘ
notableFeature	clear, transparent orchestration in the orchestral version ⓘ use of Baroque forms with modern harmony ⓘ
orchestralVersionMovement	Forlane ⓘ Menuet ⓘ Prélude ⓘ Rigaudon ⓘ
originalInstrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
performanceMedium	orchestra ⓘ piano ⓘ
relatedConcept	tombeau (memorial musical form) ⓘ
structure	suite in six movements (piano version) ⓘ
style	French neoclassical ⓘ
titleLanguage	French ⓘ
titleMeaning	The Tomb of Couperin ⓘ linked to: Le Tombeau de Couperin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maurice Ravel → notableWork → Le Tombeau de Couperin ⓘ

Le Tombeau de Couperin → titleMeaning → The Tomb of Couperin ⓘ

linked to: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Soundtrack to Human Motion → hasTrack → Le Tombeau de Couperin ⓘ

Forlane (Ravel) → partOf → Le Tombeau de Couperin ⓘ

subject linked to: Forlane

Forlane (Ravel) → suitePublicationContext → Le Tombeau de Couperin first published for piano in 1918 ⓘ