Violin Concerto
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Violin Concerto is a 1935 composition by Alban Berg that blends twelve-tone technique with lyrical, late-Romantic expression and is widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s most important violin concertos.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Violin Concerto canonical | 2 |
| Violin Concerto (Alban Berg) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8729355 — 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: Violin Concerto Context triple: [Alban Berg, notableWork, Violin Concerto]
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A.
Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto is a Pulitzer Prize–winning contemporary concerto for solo violin and orchestra composed by American composer Jennifer Higdon.
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Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto is a major 20th-century concerto for violin and orchestra by English composer William Walton, known for its lyrical intensity and virtuosic demands.
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Violin Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 1 is a dark, emotionally intense 20th-century concerto for violin and orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich, renowned for its technical demands and powerful, introspective character.
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Violin Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 1 is a minimalist, rhythmically driven concerto for solo violin and orchestra composed by Philip Glass in the late 1980s and now one of his most frequently performed concert works.
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Violin Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 1 is a modern, expressive concerto for solo violin and orchestra composed by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki.
- 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: Violin Concerto Target entity description: Violin Concerto is a 1935 composition by Alban Berg that blends twelve-tone technique with lyrical, late-Romantic expression and is widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s most important violin concertos.
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A.
Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto is a major 20th-century concerto for violin and orchestra by English composer William Walton, known for its lyrical intensity and virtuosic demands.
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B.
Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto is a Pulitzer Prize–winning contemporary concerto for solo violin and orchestra composed by American composer Jennifer Higdon.
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C.
Violin Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 1 is a modern, expressive concerto for solo violin and orchestra composed by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki.
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D.
Violin Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 1 is a dark, emotionally intense 20th-century concerto for violin and orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich, renowned for its technical demands and powerful, introspective character.
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E.
Violin Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 1 is a minimalist, rhythmically driven concerto for solo violin and orchestra composed by Philip Glass in the late 1980s and now one of his most frequently performed concert works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral composition
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violin concerto ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Second Viennese School ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Woz 56 ⓘ |
| commemorates | Manon Gropius ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Louis Krasner ⓘ |
| composer | Alban Berg ⓘ |
| composerNationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| compositionPlace | Austria ⓘ |
| compositionYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Louis Krasner
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Manon Gropius ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| firstRecordingYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| genre | concerto ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Romantic harmony
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atonality ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
orchestra
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solo violin ⓘ |
| keyCharacteristic |
strong programmatic and memorial character
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tone row constructed to allow triads and tonal references ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movementCount | 2 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
blend of twelve-tone technique with tonal and lyrical elements
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use of chorale Es ist genug by Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Violinkonzert ⓘ |
| period | Modernism in music ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Hermann Scherchen ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1936-04-19 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Barcelona ⓘ |
| premiereSoloist | Louis Krasner ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Edition ⓘ |
| quotesComposer | Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| quotesWork | Es ist genug ⓘ |
| regardedAs | one of the most important violin concertos of the 20th century ⓘ |
| structure | two movements ⓘ |
| style |
Expressionism
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late-Romantic expression ⓘ |
| subtitle | Dem Andenken eines Engels ⓘ |
| subtitleTranslation | To the Memory of an Angel ⓘ |
| title | Violin Concerto ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | twelve-tone technique ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | last completed orchestral work by Alban Berg ⓘ |
| yearOfDeathOfPersonCommemorated | 1935 ⓘ |
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Subject: Violin Concerto Description of subject: Violin Concerto is a 1935 composition by Alban Berg that blends twelve-tone technique with lyrical, late-Romantic expression and is widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s most important violin concertos.
Referenced by (3)
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