Johann Joseph Fux
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Johann Joseph Fux was an influential Austrian Baroque composer, music theorist, and author of the seminal counterpoint treatise "Gradus ad Parnassum."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johann Joseph Fux canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7635023 — 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: Johann Joseph Fux Context triple: [Fuchs, hasNotableBearer, Johann Joseph Fux]
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A.
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger was an Austrian composer, organist, and renowned music theorist of the Classical era, best known today as one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s principal composition teachers.
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B.
Michael Haydn
Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, known for his sacred music and symphonies and for being the younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn.
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C.
Johann Baptist Vanhal
Johann Baptist Vanhal was an 18th-century Bohemian composer of the Classical era, known for his symphonies and chamber music that contributed to the expressive intensity associated with the Sturm und Drang movement.
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D.
Franz Xaver Süssmayr
Franz Xaver Süssmayr was an Austrian composer best known for completing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s unfinished Requiem.
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E.
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz was a seminal early Baroque German composer whose sacred and secular vocal works helped lay the foundations for German music before Bach.
- 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: Johann Joseph Fux Target entity description: Johann Joseph Fux was an influential Austrian Baroque composer, music theorist, and author of the seminal counterpoint treatise "Gradus ad Parnassum."
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A.
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger was an Austrian composer, organist, and renowned music theorist of the Classical era, best known today as one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s principal composition teachers.
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B.
Michael Haydn
Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, known for his sacred music and symphonies and for being the younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn.
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C.
Johann Baptist Vanhal
Johann Baptist Vanhal was an 18th-century Bohemian composer of the Classical era, known for his symphonies and chamber music that contributed to the expressive intensity associated with the Sturm und Drang movement.
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D.
Franz Xaver Süssmayr
Franz Xaver Süssmayr was an Austrian composer best known for completing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s unfinished Requiem.
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E.
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz was a seminal early Baroque German composer whose sacred and secular vocal works helped lay the foundations for German music before Bach.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian person
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Baroque composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ music theorist ⓘ |
| authorOf | Gradus ad Parnassum ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1660 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Austria
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Hirtenfeld ⓘ Styria ⓘ |
| citizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1741-02-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Austria
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Vienna ⓘ |
| employer |
Habsburg court
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Imperial Court in Vienna ⓘ
linked to:
Hofburg Palace, Vienna
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| era |
Baroque era
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linked to:
Baroque
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| familyName | Fux ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
composition
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counterpoint ⓘ music theory ⓘ |
| genre |
church music
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instrumental music ⓘ opera ⓘ oratorio ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| givenName | Johann ⓘ |
| influenced |
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Joseph Haydn ⓘ Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque music ⓘ |
| name | Johann Joseph Fux ⓘ |
| notableIdea | species counterpoint ⓘ |
| notableWork | Gradus ad Parnassum ⓘ |
| occupation |
Kapellmeister
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composer ⓘ music theorist ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Hofkapellmeister of the Imperial Court in Vienna
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linked to:
Kapellmeister of the Imperial Chapel
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| religion |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| workLocation | Vienna ⓘ |
| wrote |
instrumental sonatas
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masses ⓘ operas ⓘ oratorios ⓘ requiems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Johann Joseph Fux Description of subject: Johann Joseph Fux was an influential Austrian Baroque composer, music theorist, and author of the seminal counterpoint treatise "Gradus ad Parnassum."
Referenced by (2)
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