Le Gibet
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Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Le gibet" | 2 |
| "Le gibet" in "Gaspard de la nuit" | 1 |
| Le Gibet canonical | 1 |
| Le gibet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Gibet Context triple: [Gaspard de la nuit, movement, Le Gibet]
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A.
Une Charogne
"Une Charogne" is a famous poem by Charles Baudelaire that starkly juxtaposes the image of a decaying corpse with reflections on beauty, love, and the transience of life.
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B.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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C.
L’Arrêt de mort
L’Arrêt de mort is a short, experimental 1948 novella by French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot that blends narrative and philosophical reflection on death, absence, and the limits of language.
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D.
La Mort
La Mort is the final section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal, in which he explores death as both an existential horror and a possible escape from suffering.
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E.
Marche au supplice
Marche au supplice is the dramatic fourth movement of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, depicting the protagonist’s opium-induced vision of his own march to the guillotine.
- 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: Le Gibet Target entity description: Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
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A.
Une Charogne
"Une Charogne" is a famous poem by Charles Baudelaire that starkly juxtaposes the image of a decaying corpse with reflections on beauty, love, and the transience of life.
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B.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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C.
L’Arrêt de mort
L’Arrêt de mort is a short, experimental 1948 novella by French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot that blends narrative and philosophical reflection on death, absence, and the limits of language.
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D.
La Mort
La Mort is the final section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal, in which he explores death as both an existential horror and a possible escape from suffering.
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E.
Marche au supplice
Marche au supplice is the dramatic fourth movement of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, depicting the protagonist’s opium-induced vision of his own march to the guillotine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
movement
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musical composition ⓘ piano piece ⓘ |
| associatedImagery |
corpse hanging at sunset
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distant gallows ⓘ distant tolling bell ⓘ |
| basedOn | poem "Le Gibet" by Aloysius Bertrand ⓘ |
| composer | Maurice Ravel ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| cycle |
Gaspard de la nuit: Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand
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linked to:
Gaspard de la nuit
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| dedicatedComposerWork | Gaspard de la nuit dedicated to Ricardo Viñes ⓘ |
| difficulty | advanced ⓘ |
| firstPublicationWork |
Gaspard de la nuit (1909)
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linked to:
Gaspard de la nuit
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| followedBy | Scarbo ⓘ |
| genre | solo piano ⓘ |
| instrumentation | piano ⓘ |
| key | E-flat minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTextSource | French ⓘ |
| mood |
desolate
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haunting ⓘ somber ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| nationalityOfComposer | French ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
eerie atmosphere
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extreme control of tone and voicing ⓘ persistent tolling bell motif ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ |
| performancePracticeNote |
bell tone usually maintained in the same register throughout
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requires strict rhythmic steadiness ⓘ |
| positionInWork | middle movement ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ondine ⓘ |
| style |
Impressionist
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symbolist-influenced ⓘ |
| technicalDemand |
delicate pedaling
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evenness of repeated notes ⓘ precise voicing of inner parts ⓘ subtle control of dynamics ⓘ |
| tempoIndication | Très lent ⓘ |
| texture |
ostinato-based
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sparse and static ⓘ |
| writtenFor | concert performance ⓘ |
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Subject: Le Gibet Description of subject: Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Le Gibet
linked to: Le Gibet