Eine Alpensinfonie
E441187
Eine Alpensinfonie is a large-scale symphonic tone poem by Richard Strauss that vividly depicts an ascent and descent of an Alpine mountain through richly orchestrated programmatic music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eine Alpensinfonie canonical | 2 |
| An Alpine Symphony | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4471066 — 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: Eine Alpensinfonie Context triple: [Richard Strauss, notableWork, Eine Alpensinfonie]
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A.
A Pastoral Symphony
A Pastoral Symphony is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Third Symphony, a reflective and atmospheric orchestral work often associated with the aftermath of World War I and the English countryside.
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B.
Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
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C.
Symphony in G
Symphony in G is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer George Dyson, noted for its lyrical Romantic style and rich, expansive scoring.
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D.
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz's *Symphonie fantastique* is a groundbreaking 1830 Romantic program symphony renowned for its vivid orchestration and dramatic depiction of an artist’s opium-induced visions.
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E.
Austrian Requiem
Austrian Requiem is a memoir by former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg reflecting on the events leading up to Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany and his own political downfall.
- 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: Eine Alpensinfonie Target entity description: Eine Alpensinfonie is a large-scale symphonic tone poem by Richard Strauss that vividly depicts an ascent and descent of an Alpine mountain through richly orchestrated programmatic music.
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A.
A Pastoral Symphony
A Pastoral Symphony is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Third Symphony, a reflective and atmospheric orchestral work often associated with the aftermath of World War I and the English countryside.
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B.
Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
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C.
Symphony in G
Symphony in G is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer George Dyson, noted for its lyrical Romantic style and rich, expansive scoring.
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D.
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz's *Symphonie fantastique* is a groundbreaking 1830 Romantic program symphony renowned for its vivid orchestration and dramatic depiction of an artist’s opium-induced visions.
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E.
Austrian Requiem
Austrian Requiem is a memoir by former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg reflecting on the events leading up to Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany and his own political downfall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral work
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program music ⓘ symphonic poem ⓘ |
| catalogueDesignation | TrV 233 ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInStraussTonePoems | last tone poem by Richard Strauss ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Strauss ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1911 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Alpine landscape
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glacier ⓘ meadow ⓘ night ⓘ storm ⓘ summit ⓘ sunrise ⓘ waterfall ⓘ |
| durationMinutes | 45 ⓘ |
| genre |
late-Romantic music
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tone poem ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Strauss’s mountaineering experiences ⓘ |
| key | B-flat major ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous narrative of a day in the mountains
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extreme demands on orchestral forces ⓘ |
| numberOfSections | 22 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 64 ⓘ |
| orchestration | very large orchestra ⓘ |
| partOf | Strauss tone poems ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Garmisch-Partenkirchen ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Richard Strauss ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1915-10-28 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Dresden ⓘ |
| premiereOrchestra |
Dresden Hofkapelle
ⓘ
linked to:
Staatskapelle Dresden
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| programmaticSubject | ascent and descent of an Alpine mountain ⓘ |
| publisher | Adolph Fürstner ⓘ |
| requires |
expanded brass section
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large percussion section ⓘ offstage brass ⓘ organ ⓘ thunder sheet ⓘ wind machine ⓘ |
| structure | single continuous movement ⓘ |
| title | Eine Alpensinfonie ⓘ |
| translatedTitle |
An Alpine Symphony
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linked to:
Eine Alpensinfonie
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Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Eine Alpensinfonie