Sinfonia
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Sinfonia is a landmark 1968 orchestral and vocal composition by Luciano Berio that blends avant-garde techniques, collage, and spoken text to create a multilayered, experimental soundscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sinfonia canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5524243 — 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: Sinfonia Context triple: [Luciano Berio, notableWork, Sinfonia]
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A.
Sinfonietta
Sinfonietta is an early orchestral composition by Igor Markevitch that showcases his modernist style and inventive orchestration.
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B.
Symphony on G
Symphony on G is an orchestral work by American composer Lou Harrison that reflects his characteristic blend of Western classical forms with non-Western musical influences and innovative percussion writing.
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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.
Choral Symphony
The Choral Symphony is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, renowned for its groundbreaking inclusion of vocal soloists and chorus in the final movement setting of Schiller’s "Ode to Joy."
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E.
Symphony in C
Symphony in C is a landmark neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C, renowned for its pure dance style and large ensemble structure.
- 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: Sinfonia Target entity description: Sinfonia is a landmark 1968 orchestral and vocal composition by Luciano Berio that blends avant-garde techniques, collage, and spoken text to create a multilayered, experimental soundscape.
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A.
Sinfonietta
Sinfonietta is an early orchestral composition by Igor Markevitch that showcases his modernist style and inventive orchestration.
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B.
Symphony on G
Symphony on G is an orchestral work by American composer Lou Harrison that reflects his characteristic blend of Western classical forms with non-Western musical influences and innovative percussion writing.
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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.
Choral Symphony
The Choral Symphony is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, renowned for its groundbreaking inclusion of vocal soloists and chorus in the final movement setting of Schiller’s "Ode to Joy."
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E.
Symphony in C
Symphony in C is a landmark neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C, renowned for its pure dance style and large ensemble structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral work
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musical composition ⓘ |
| associatedWithAnniversary | 125th season of the New York Philharmonic ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | New York Philharmonic ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | 125th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic ⓘ |
| composer | Luciano Berio ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde music
ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasCatalogueNumber | Berio Sinfonia (no standard opus number) ⓘ |
| incorporatesTextFrom |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
ⓘ
Graffiti and slogans of 1960s Paris ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gustav Mahler
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literary modernism ⓘ |
| languageOfSpokenText |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| movementAddedLater | fifth movement ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dense musical collage of quotations
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integration of spoken word and orchestral texture ⓘ multilayered soundscape ⓘ |
| notableMovement | third movement ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 5 ⓘ |
| originalNumberOfMovements | 4 ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Luciano Berio ⓘ |
| premieredByEnsemble | New York Philharmonic ⓘ |
| premieredByVocalEnsemble |
The Swingle Singers
ⓘ
linked to:
Swingle Singers
|
| premiereYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
amplified voices
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orchestra ⓘ |
| style |
experimental
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post-serial ⓘ |
| thirdMovementBasedOn | second movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
Sprechgesang
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collage ⓘ orchestral writing ⓘ quotation ⓘ spoken text ⓘ vocal ensemble writing ⓘ |
| vocalForces | eight amplified voices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sinfonia Description of subject: Sinfonia is a landmark 1968 orchestral and vocal composition by Luciano Berio that blends avant-garde techniques, collage, and spoken text to create a multilayered, experimental soundscape.
Referenced by (3)
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