Forlane
E757845
Forlane is a graceful, dance-inspired movement from Maurice Ravel’s suite *Le Tombeau de Couperin*, known for its lilting rhythm and neoclassical elegance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Forlane canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8770605 — 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: Forlane Context triple: [Le Tombeau de Couperin, orchestralVersionMovement, Forlane]
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A.
Forlani
Forlani is an Italian surname most notably associated with English actress Claire Forlani.
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B.
Caselotti
Caselotti is an Italian surname most notably associated with Adriana Caselotti, the original voice of Snow White in Disney’s 1937 animated film.
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C.
Garessio
Garessio is a historic town in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, situated in a mountainous area near the Ligurian border.
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D.
Bisacquino
Bisacquino is a small town in the Sicilian province of Palermo, Italy, known as the birthplace of film director Frank Capra.
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E.
Scialfa
Scialfa is the surname of Patti Scialfa, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
- 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: Forlane Target entity description: Forlane is a graceful, dance-inspired movement from Maurice Ravel’s suite *Le Tombeau de Couperin*, known for its lilting rhythm and neoclassical elegance.
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A.
Forlani
Forlani is an Italian surname most notably associated with English actress Claire Forlani.
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B.
Caselotti
Caselotti is an Italian surname most notably associated with Adriana Caselotti, the original voice of Snow White in Disney’s 1937 animated film.
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C.
Garessio
Garessio is a historic town in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, situated in a mountainous area near the Ligurian border.
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D.
Bisacquino
Bisacquino is a small town in the Sicilian province of Palermo, Italy, known as the birthplace of film director Frank Capra.
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E.
Scialfa
Scialfa is the surname of Patti Scialfa, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical movement
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orchestral movement ⓘ piano movement ⓘ |
| basedOn | forlane (Italian dance) ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | French neoclassicism ⓘ |
| character |
elegant
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graceful ⓘ |
| commemorativeContext | memorial character of Le Tombeau de Couperin ⓘ |
| composer | Maurice Ravel ⓘ |
| compositionDecade | 1910s ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | World War I era ⓘ |
| cyclePosition |
follows Prélude (Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin)
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precedes Menuet (Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin) ⓘ |
| danceAssociation | Baroque court dance ⓘ |
| danceOrigin | Italian folk dance ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1918 ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassical music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
François Couperin
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French Baroque dance forms ⓘ |
| key | E minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| laterInstrumentation | orchestra ⓘ |
| movementNumber | second movement ⓘ |
| nationalityOfComposer | French ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ornamented melodic lines
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subtle harmonic color ⓘ use of modal inflections ⓘ |
| orchestralSuiteSelection | included in orchestral version of Le Tombeau de Couperin ⓘ |
| orchestrationByComposer | Maurice Ravel ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| partOf | Le Tombeau de Couperin ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
concert repertoire
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orchestral concerts ⓘ piano recitals ⓘ |
| rhythmicFeature | lilting rhythm ⓘ |
| style | dance-inspired ⓘ |
| suitePublicationContext |
Le Tombeau de Couperin first published for piano in 1918
ⓘ
linked to:
Le Tombeau de Couperin
|
| tempoMarking | Allegretto ⓘ |
| texture |
polyphonic
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transparent ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 5 minutes ⓘ |
| workTitleMeaning | forlane (type of dance) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Forlane Description of subject: Forlane is a graceful, dance-inspired movement from Maurice Ravel’s suite *Le Tombeau de Couperin*, known for its lilting rhythm and neoclassical elegance.
Referenced by (2)
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