Felix Salmond
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Felix Salmond was a prominent early 20th-century British cellist and influential teacher, known for premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto and shaping generations of American string players.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Felix Salmond canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1845501 — 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: Felix Salmond Context triple: [Curtis Institute of Music, hasNotableFaculty, Felix Salmond]
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A.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
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B.
William Kerr
William Kerr is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including "The Five-Year Engagement."
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C.
David Paton
David Paton was a 19th-century architect best known for designing the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh.
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D.
Malcolm MacDonald
Malcolm MacDonald was a British politician and diplomat, notably serving as a cabinet minister in several interwar and postwar governments and later as a high commissioner and governor in various parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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E.
Sir John Anderson
Sir John Anderson was a British civil servant and politician who played a central administrative and security role in Winston Churchill’s World War II government.
- 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: Felix Salmond Target entity description: Felix Salmond was a prominent early 20th-century British cellist and influential teacher, known for premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto and shaping generations of American string players.
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A.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
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B.
William Kerr
William Kerr is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including "The Five-Year Engagement."
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C.
David Paton
David Paton was a 19th-century architect best known for designing the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh.
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D.
Malcolm MacDonald
Malcolm MacDonald was a British politician and diplomat, notably serving as a cabinet minister in several interwar and postwar governments and later as a high commissioner and governor in various parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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E.
Sir John Anderson
Sir John Anderson was a British civil servant and politician who played a central administrative and security role in Winston Churchill’s World War II government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British musician
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cellist ⓘ human ⓘ music educator ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | early 1900s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1888-11-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1952-02-20 ⓘ |
| employer |
Curtis Institute of Music
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Juilliard School ⓘ Royal College of Music ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName |
Salmond
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linked to:
Alex Salmond
|
| fieldOfWork |
performance of cello repertoire
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string pedagogy ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Felix ⓘ |
| instrument | cello ⓘ |
| knownFor |
premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto
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shaping generations of American cellists ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | early 20th-century classical performance tradition ⓘ |
| name | Felix Salmond ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableEvent | soloist in the world premiere of Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 in 1919 ⓘ |
| notableRole | influential teacher of American string players ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Bernard Greenhouse
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Leonard Rose ⓘ Samuel Mayes ⓘ |
| notableWork | premiere performance of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 ⓘ |
| occupation |
cellist
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music teacher ⓘ |
| partOf |
American conservatory teaching tradition
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British musical life of the early 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| residence |
London
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linked to:
London, England
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Hugo Becker
NERFINISHED
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William Whitehouse ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (6)
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