Le Gibet is slow and haunting
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"Le Gibet" is the eerie, atmospheric middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, known for its tolling-bell motif and somber, suspended mood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Gibet is slow and haunting canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8676581 — 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: Le Gibet is slow and haunting Context triple: [Gaspard de la nuit, movementCharacter, Le Gibet is slow and haunting]
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A.
Jacques Brel (temporary burial)
Jacques Brel (temporary burial) refers to the brief period when the renowned Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel was interred at the Cimetière des Batignolles in Paris before his remains were moved to their final resting place.
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B.
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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C.
Chronique d’une mort annoncée
Chronique d’une mort annoncée is a 1987 film adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," directed by Francesco Rosi.
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D.
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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E.
L’Apparition
L’Apparition is a French drama film in which Vincent Lindon plays a journalist investigating a young woman’s alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, exploring themes of faith, doubt, and media influence.
- 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 is slow and haunting Target entity description: "Le Gibet" is the eerie, atmospheric middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, known for its tolling-bell motif and somber, suspended mood.
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A.
Jacques Brel (temporary burial)
Jacques Brel (temporary burial) refers to the brief period when the renowned Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel was interred at the Cimetière des Batignolles in Paris before his remains were moved to their final resting place.
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B.
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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C.
Chronique d’une mort annoncée
Chronique d’une mort annoncée is a 1987 film adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," directed by Francesco Rosi.
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D.
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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E.
L’Apparition
L’Apparition is a French drama film in which Vincent Lindon plays a journalist investigating a young woman’s alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, exploring themes of faith, doubt, and media influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
movement
ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ piano piece ⓘ |
| associatedTechnique |
control of long-held sonorities
ⓘ
even repeated notes ⓘ |
| basedOn | poem "Le Gibet" by Aloysius Bertrand ⓘ |
| character |
atmospheric
ⓘ
eerie ⓘ haunting ⓘ slow ⓘ |
| composer | Maurice Ravel ⓘ |
| compositionDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| cycle | Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ |
| dynamicProfile | mostly soft ⓘ |
| followedBy | Scarbo ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | E-flat minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTextSource | French ⓘ |
| mood | somber ⓘ |
| motifType | bell-like ostinato ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| nationalityOfComposer | French ⓘ |
| notableFeature | tolling-bell motif ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaspard de la nuit ⓘ |
| pedalUsage | extensive ⓘ |
| positionInWork | middle movement ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ondine ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1909 ⓘ |
| premierePerformer | Ricardo Viñes ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Paris ⓘ |
| reception |
considered a masterpiece of piano writing
ⓘ
noted for its chilling atmosphere ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | Impressionism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contemplation of death
ⓘ
gallows scene ⓘ |
| technicalDemand | virtuosic ⓘ |
| tempoCharacter | very slow ⓘ |
| texture | suspended ⓘ |
| textureType | ostinato-based ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
The Gallows
ⓘ
linked to:
The Hanged One
|
| typicalDuration | about 7 minutes ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | one of Ravel's most difficult piano works (within Gaspard de la nuit) ⓘ |
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Subject: Le Gibet is slow and haunting Description of subject: "Le Gibet" is the eerie, atmospheric middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, known for its tolling-bell motif and somber, suspended mood.
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