Dardanella
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Dardanella is a popular early 20th-century jazz and dance band standard, best known through Ben Selvin’s hugely successful recording.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dardanella canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6870814 — 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: Dardanella Context triple: [Ben Selvin, notableWork, Dardanella]
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A.
Dausa
Dausa is a town and district headquarters in the Indian state of Rajasthan, known for its historical forts, stepwells, and proximity to Jaipur.
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Dorla
Dorla are an indigenous Adivasi community of the Bastar region in central India, known for their distinct cultural traditions, language, and close relationship with forest-based livelihoods.
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C.
Anredera
Anredera is a genus of flowering vines known for their twining growth habit and fleshy leaves, some species of which are cultivated as ornamentals or edible plants.
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D.
Arnalta
Arnalta is a comic nurse character in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera "L'incoronazione di Poppea," known for her earthy wisdom and humorous commentary.
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E.
Errana
Errana is a medieval Telugu poet known for collaborating on and continuing the composition of the Telugu Mahabharata.
- 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: Dardanella Target entity description: Dardanella is a popular early 20th-century jazz and dance band standard, best known through Ben Selvin’s hugely successful recording.
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A.
Dausa
Dausa is a town and district headquarters in the Indian state of Rajasthan, known for its historical forts, stepwells, and proximity to Jaipur.
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B.
Dorla
Dorla are an indigenous Adivasi community of the Bastar region in central India, known for their distinct cultural traditions, language, and close relationship with forest-based livelihoods.
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C.
Anredera
Anredera is a genus of flowering vines known for their twining growth habit and fleshy leaves, some species of which are cultivated as ornamentals or edible plants.
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D.
Arnalta
Arnalta is a comic nurse character in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera "L'incoronazione di Poppea," known for her earthy wisdom and humorous commentary.
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E.
Errana
Errana is a medieval Telugu poet known for collaborating on and continuing the composition of the Telugu Mahabharata.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance band standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer |
Felix Bernard
ⓘ
Johnny S. Black ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decade | 1910s ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Fred Fisher Music Co. ⓘ |
| genre |
dance band music
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jazz ⓘ |
| hasCommercialSuccess | best‑selling record of its time for Ben Selvin ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | early jazz standard in American popular music ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | one of the earliest widely popular jazz‑influenced dance tunes ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | dance band / orchestra arrangements ⓘ |
| hasMelodicStyle | lyrical melody suitable for dancing ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | foxtrot ⓘ |
| hasNotableEraOfPopularity | post–World War I years ⓘ |
| hasNotableSuccess | Ben Selvin recording was a major hit ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicStyle | syncopated dance rhythm ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterString | Dardanella ⓘ |
| hasUsage |
social dancing
ⓘ
vaudeville and popular entertainment programs ⓘ |
| influenced | later jazz and dance band arrangements ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Ben Selvin’s orchestra
ⓘ
linked to:
Ben Selvin and His Orchestra
Victor Records catalog of the 1910s ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedIn |
historical jazz band repertoires
ⓘ
vintage dance band recordings ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American popular song tradition ⓘ |
| isRecordedIn | acoustic recording era ⓘ |
| isReferencedIn | histories of early jazz and dance bands ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
dance band repertoire
ⓘ
early jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Fred Fisher ⓘ |
| notableRecordingArtist | Ben Selvin and His Orchestra ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy | Ben Selvin ⓘ |
| originalMedium | sheet music ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1919 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Victor Talking Machine Company ⓘ |
| releaseType | 78 rpm single ⓘ |
| tempo | medium tempo ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Dardanella Description of subject: Dardanella is a popular early 20th-century jazz and dance band standard, best known through Ben Selvin’s hugely successful recording.
Referenced by (4)
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