Sinfonía India
E714301
Sinfonía India is a symphonic work by Mexican composer Carlos Chávez that blends modernist orchestral writing with indigenous Mexican melodies and rhythms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian Symphony | 1 |
| Sinfonía India canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8137962 — 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: Sinfonía India Context triple: [Carlos Chávez, notableWork, Sinfonía India]
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A.
Song of India
"Song of India" is a popular jazz and big band standard, adapted from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera "Sadko," that became widely known through Tommy Dorsey’s recording.
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B.
Sinfonia
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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C.
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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D.
Notturno indiano
Notturno indiano is a short, atmospheric novel by Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi that follows a man's nocturnal, dreamlike journey across India in search of a missing friend.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sinfonía India Target entity description: Sinfonía India is a symphonic work by Mexican composer Carlos Chávez that blends modernist orchestral writing with indigenous Mexican melodies and rhythms.
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A.
Song of India
"Song of India" is a popular jazz and big band standard, adapted from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera "Sadko," that became widely known through Tommy Dorsey’s recording.
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B.
Sinfonia
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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C.
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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D.
Notturno indiano
Notturno indiano is a short, atmospheric novel by Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi that follows a man's nocturnal, dreamlike journey across India in search of a missing friend.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | orchestral composition ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Symphony No. 2 ⓘ |
| composer | Carlos Chávez ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
ⓘ
modernist music ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Mexican nationalism in music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| hasKey | no fixed key (largely modal and tonal-modernist) ⓘ |
| hasPart | single continuous movement ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered one of Carlos Chávez’s best-known works ⓘ |
| influencedBy | indigenous cultures of Mexico ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mexican orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableAspect | use of indigenous themes in a concert-hall symphony ⓘ |
| notableFor | integration of indigenous Mexican themes into symphonic form ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 1 ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature | expanded percussion section ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| structure | single-movement symphonic work ⓘ |
| style | modernist orchestral writing ⓘ |
| titleMeaning |
Indian Symphony
ⓘ
linked to:
Sinfonía India
|
| typicalEnsemble | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| usesMusicalMaterialFrom | indigenous Mexican melodies ⓘ |
| usesRhythmsFrom | indigenous Mexican traditions ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sinfonía India Description of subject: Sinfonía India is a symphonic work by Mexican composer Carlos Chávez that blends modernist orchestral writing with indigenous Mexican melodies and rhythms.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sinfonía India