Maud Karpeles
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Maud Karpeles was an English folk music collector and scholar known for her extensive fieldwork documenting traditional songs in Britain and North America and for helping to preserve and promote the folk music revival.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maud Karpeles canonical | 2 |
| Maud Pauline Karpeles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9704276 — 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: Maud Karpeles Context triple: [Cecil Sharp, coAuthor, Maud Karpeles]
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A.
Cäcilie Lvovsky
Cäcilie Lvovsky, better known professionally as Celia Lovsky, was an Austrian-American character actress noted for her distinctive roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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B.
Caroline Michaelis
Caroline Michaelis was a prominent German intellectual and literary figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, closely associated with the early Romantic movement.
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C.
Lida Gustava Heymann
Lida Gustava Heymann was a prominent German feminist, pacifist, and suffragist who played a key role in the international women’s peace movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Helene Nahowski
Helene Nahowski was an Austrian woman best known as the wife of composer Alban Berg and the dedicatee of several of his works.
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E.
Anna Wimschneider
Anna Wimschneider was a German farmer and autobiographical writer best known for her memoir "Herbstmilch," which depicts her impoverished rural upbringing and life in early 20th-century Bavaria.
- 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: Maud Karpeles Target entity description: Maud Karpeles was an English folk music collector and scholar known for her extensive fieldwork documenting traditional songs in Britain and North America and for helping to preserve and promote the folk music revival.
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A.
Cäcilie Lvovsky
Cäcilie Lvovsky, better known professionally as Celia Lovsky, was an Austrian-American character actress noted for her distinctive roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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B.
Caroline Michaelis
Caroline Michaelis was a prominent German intellectual and literary figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, closely associated with the early Romantic movement.
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C.
Lida Gustava Heymann
Lida Gustava Heymann was a prominent German feminist, pacifist, and suffragist who played a key role in the international women’s peace movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Helene Nahowski
Helene Nahowski was an Austrian woman best known as the wife of composer Alban Berg and the dedicatee of several of his works.
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E.
Anna Wimschneider
Anna Wimschneider was a German farmer and autobiographical writer best known for her memoir "Herbstmilch," which depicts her impoverished rural upbringing and life in early 20th-century Bavaria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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folk song collector ⓘ folklorist ⓘ human ⓘ musicologist ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coCollectorWith | Cecil Sharp ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | International Folk Music Council ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-11-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1976-10-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | North London Collegiate School ⓘ |
| familyName | Karpeles ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethnomusicology
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folk music ⓘ folklore studies ⓘ |
| fullName |
Maud Pauline Karpeles
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linked to:
Maud Karpeles
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Maud ⓘ |
| hasNationality | British ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive fieldwork in folk song collection
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preservation of traditional music ⓘ promotion of the folk music revival ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
English Folk Dance Society
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English Folk Dance and Song Society ⓘ
linked to:
English Folk Dance Society
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| movement | folk music revival ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collecting English folk songs
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collecting folk songs in North America ⓘ documenting traditional songs in Britain ⓘ documenting traditional songs in Newfoundland ⓘ documenting traditional songs in the Appalachian region ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cecil Sharp: His Life and Work
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Folk Songs from Newfoundland ⓘ Folk Songs from the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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folk song collector ⓘ folklorist ⓘ musicologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| placeOfBurial |
Highgate Cemetery
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linked to:
Highgate Cemetery West
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| placeOfDeath |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| positionHeld |
honorary secretary of the International Folk Music Council
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secretary of the English Folk Dance Society ⓘ |
| religion | Quaker ⓘ |
| sibling | Gustav Karpeles ⓘ |
| workedWith | Cecil Sharp ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maud Karpeles Description of subject: Maud Karpeles was an English folk music collector and scholar known for her extensive fieldwork documenting traditional songs in Britain and North America and for helping to preserve and promote the folk music revival.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maud Karpeles