New Music Manchester
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New Music Manchester was an influential collective of mid-20th-century British composers and performers centered around Manchester, known for promoting contemporary and avant-garde classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Music Manchester canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5994819 — 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: New Music Manchester Context triple: [Peter Maxwell Davies, memberOf, New Music Manchester]
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A.
Live Music Now
Live Music Now is a UK-based charity that brings high-quality live music performances and educational workshops to schools, hospitals, care homes, and community settings, particularly for people who might not otherwise have access to them.
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B.
Music Midtown
Music Midtown is a major annual music festival in Atlanta, Georgia, featuring a wide range of popular artists across multiple genres.
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C.
Music Concourse
Music Concourse is a historic open-air plaza and performance space in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, known for its band shell, fountains, and surrounding cultural institutions.
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D.
BBC Radio Manchester
BBC Radio Manchester is a local radio station serving Greater Manchester and surrounding areas with news, talk, and music programming as part of the BBC’s regional network.
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E.
BBC Radio and Music
BBC Radio and Music is the BBC division responsible for overseeing the corporation’s UK radio stations and music-related content and strategy.
- 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: New Music Manchester Target entity description: New Music Manchester was an influential collective of mid-20th-century British composers and performers centered around Manchester, known for promoting contemporary and avant-garde classical music.
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A.
Live Music Now
Live Music Now is a UK-based charity that brings high-quality live music performances and educational workshops to schools, hospitals, care homes, and community settings, particularly for people who might not otherwise have access to them.
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B.
Music Midtown
Music Midtown is a major annual music festival in Atlanta, Georgia, featuring a wide range of popular artists across multiple genres.
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C.
Music Concourse
Music Concourse is a historic open-air plaza and performance space in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, known for its band shell, fountains, and surrounding cultural institutions.
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D.
BBC Radio Manchester
BBC Radio Manchester is a local radio station serving Greater Manchester and surrounding areas with news, talk, and music programming as part of the BBC’s regional network.
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E.
BBC Radio and Music
BBC Radio and Music is the BBC division responsible for overseeing the corporation’s UK radio stations and music-related content and strategy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British musical movement
ⓘ
composer collective ⓘ music collective ⓘ |
| activity |
composition of modernist works
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performance of contemporary works ⓘ promotion of new music ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | modernism ⓘ |
| associatedInstitution |
Royal Manchester College of Music
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linked to:
Royal Northern College of Music
University of Manchester ⓘ |
| characteristic |
collaboration between composers and performers
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experimental approach to musical form ⓘ use of modernist techniques ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | post-World War II period ⓘ |
| field | music ⓘ |
| focus |
avant-garde classical music
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contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| influenced |
British contemporary classical music
ⓘ
younger generations of UK composers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Manchester ⓘ |
| movement | post-war British modernism ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Alexander Goehr
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Elgar Howarth ⓘ Harrison Birtwistle ⓘ John Ogdon ⓘ Peter Maxwell Davies ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
|
| region | North West England ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Music Manchester Description of subject: New Music Manchester was an influential collective of mid-20th-century British composers and performers centered around Manchester, known for promoting contemporary and avant-garde classical music.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies