Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major
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Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major is Alexander Borodin’s pioneering large-scale orchestral work, notable for its rich Romantic harmonies and incorporation of Russian nationalist elements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7134027 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major Context triple: [Alexander Borodin, notableWork, Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major]
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Symphony No. 1 in D major
Symphony No. 1 in D major is Gustav Mahler’s groundbreaking first symphony, known for its expansive orchestration, innovative structure, and incorporation of song-like and folk elements.
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Symphony No. 1 in G major
Symphony No. 1 in G major is an early large-scale orchestral work by English composer Hubert Parry that helped establish his reputation in the late 19th-century British musical renaissance.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies that reflects his distinctive modernist style and often intense, dramatic musical language.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1, commonly known as "A Sea Symphony," is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s expansive choral symphony that sets Walt Whitman’s sea-themed poetry to music.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is an early large-scale orchestral work by British composer Malcolm Arnold that showcases his distinctive, energetic, and often sharply contrasted musical style.
- 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: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major Target entity description: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major is Alexander Borodin’s pioneering large-scale orchestral work, notable for its rich Romantic harmonies and incorporation of Russian nationalist elements.
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A.
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Symphony No. 1 in D major is Gustav Mahler’s groundbreaking first symphony, known for its expansive orchestration, innovative structure, and incorporation of song-like and folk elements.
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B.
Symphony No. 1 in G major
Symphony No. 1 in G major is an early large-scale orchestral work by English composer Hubert Parry that helped establish his reputation in the late 19th-century British musical renaissance.
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C.
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is an early large-scale orchestral work by British composer Malcolm Arnold that showcases his distinctive, energetic, and often sharply contrasted musical style.
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D.
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1, commonly known as "A Sea Symphony," is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s expansive choral symphony that sets Walt Whitman’s sea-themed poetry to music.
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Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 1 is an orchestral work by American composer John Harbison that showcases his modern yet accessible neoclassical style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionEnd | 1860s ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionStart | 1860s ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Russian musical nationalism ⓘ |
| catalogueStatus | early major orchestral work by Borodin ⓘ |
| composer | Alexander Borodin ⓘ |
| composerBelongsTo | The Mighty Handful ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| genre | Romantic symphony ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | 19th-century Russian music ⓘ |
| hasForm | multi-movement symphonic form ⓘ |
| hasHarmonyType | chromatic Romantic harmony ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
first movement
ⓘ
fourth movement ⓘ second movement ⓘ third movement ⓘ |
| hasMusicalElement |
Russian nationalist elements
ⓘ
rich Romantic harmonies ⓘ |
| hasReception | recognized as an important early work of Borodin ⓘ |
| hasTexture |
homophonic passages
ⓘ
orchestral polyphony ⓘ |
| hasTheme | national identity in music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian folk idioms
ⓘ
Western European symphonic tradition ⓘ |
| intendedEnsemble | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| key | E-flat major ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Russian ⓘ |
| movementCount | 4 ⓘ |
| musicalPeriod | Romantic era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
incorporation of Russian nationalist elements
ⓘ
pioneering large-scale orchestral writing by Borodin ⓘ rich Romantic harmonies ⓘ |
| orchestration | large-scale orchestra ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition |
Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
|
| relatedWorkByComposer |
Prince Igor
ⓘ
linked to:
Igor Svyatoslavich
Symphony No. 2 in B minor ⓘ |
| style | Romantic ⓘ |
| tonality | E-flat major ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext | concert hall ⓘ |
| usesCompositionalTechnique |
orchestral color
ⓘ
thematic development ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | first symphony by Alexander Borodin ⓘ |
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