Scarbo
E752067
Scarbo is the notoriously virtuosic, nightmarish scherzo-like movement from Maurice Ravel’s piano suite "Gaspard de la nuit," depicting a menacing goblin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scarbo canonical | 3 |
| Scarbo (goblin) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8676559 — 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: Scarbo Context triple: [Gaspard de la nuit, movement, Scarbo]
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A.
Tormato
Tormato is a 1978 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, noted for its shorter, more concise songs and distinctive, pun-based title and cover art.
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B.
Beldar Conehead
Beldar Conehead is a central character from the "Coneheads" sketches on Saturday Night Live and the subsequent film, portrayed as the deadpan, cone-headed alien father adapting awkwardly to life on Earth.
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C.
Smargadus
Smargadus was the exarch of Ravenna who commissioned the Column of Phocas in the Roman Forum in the early 7th century.
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D.
Throsk
Throsk is a small village in central Scotland situated on the River Forth within the Stirling council area.
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E.
Keeble
Keeble is a fictional aristocratic surname most notably associated with Lady Constance Keeble in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
- 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: Scarbo Target entity description: Scarbo is the notoriously virtuosic, nightmarish scherzo-like movement from Maurice Ravel’s piano suite "Gaspard de la nuit," depicting a menacing goblin.
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A.
Tormato
Tormato is a 1978 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, noted for its shorter, more concise songs and distinctive, pun-based title and cover art.
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B.
Beldar Conehead
Beldar Conehead is a central character from the "Coneheads" sketches on Saturday Night Live and the subsequent film, portrayed as the deadpan, cone-headed alien father adapting awkwardly to life on Earth.
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C.
Smargadus
Smargadus was the exarch of Ravenna who commissioned the Column of Phocas in the Roman Forum in the early 7th century.
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D.
Throsk
Throsk is a small village in central Scotland situated on the River Forth within the Stirling council area.
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E.
Keeble
Keeble is a fictional aristocratic surname most notably associated with Lady Constance Keeble in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character piece
ⓘ
piano piece movement ⓘ scherzo-like movement ⓘ solo piano work ⓘ |
| alsoInSuiteWith |
"Le gibet"
ⓘ
linked to:
Le Gibet
"Ondine" ⓘ
linked to:
Ondine
|
| basedOn | poem "Scarbo" by Aloysius Bertrand ⓘ |
| character |
demonic
ⓘ
nightmarish ⓘ scherzo-like ⓘ |
| composer | Maurice Ravel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedAsPartOfSuiteTo | Ricardo Viñes ⓘ |
| depicts |
a menacing goblin
ⓘ
nightmarish visions ⓘ |
| era | early 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| firstPerformance | premiered as part of "Gaspard de la nuit" in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| follows |
"Le gibet" in "Gaspard de la nuit"
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linked to:
Le Gibet
|
| form | fantasy-scherzo ⓘ |
| genre | Impressionist piano music ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Aloysius Bertrand’s prose-poem collection "Gaspard de la nuit" ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | G minor (overall tonal center, with shifts) ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| mood | menacing and eerie ⓘ |
| notableInterpreters |
Krystian Zimerman
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Martha Argerich ⓘ Maurizio Pollini ⓘ Vladimir Horowitz ⓘ |
| notedFor |
complex polyrhythms
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extended soft trills and tremolos ⓘ extreme demands on stamina and control ⓘ rapid repeated notes ⓘ sudden dynamic contrasts ⓘ virtuosic octave passages ⓘ wide leaps ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | often used as a showpiece in piano recitals ⓘ |
| positionInWork | third movement of "Gaspard de la nuit" ⓘ |
| precededBy |
"Le gibet"
ⓘ
linked to:
Le Gibet
|
| publisher |
Durand (as part of "Gaspard de la nuit")
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linked to:
Gaspard de la nuit
|
| reputation |
benchmark of virtuosity for pianists
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one of the most difficult works in the piano repertoire ⓘ |
| structure | episodic with recurring motives ⓘ |
| technicalDifficulty | extremely high ⓘ |
| tempoCharacter | very fast and agitated ⓘ |
| texture | extremely dense piano writing ⓘ |
| titleCharacter |
Scarbo (goblin)
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linked to:
Scarbo
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scarbo Description of subject: Scarbo is the notoriously virtuosic, nightmarish scherzo-like movement from Maurice Ravel’s piano suite "Gaspard de la nuit," depicting a menacing goblin.
Referenced by (4)
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