Mirabai Songs
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Mirabai Songs is a song cycle by American composer John Harbison that sets English translations of devotional poetry by the 16th-century Indian mystic poet Mirabai.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mirabai Songs canonical | 9 |
| Harbison’s Mirabai Songs cycle | 1 |
| Mirabai Songs (John Harbison) | 1 |
| Mirabai Songs (vocal cycle) | 1 |
| song cycle Mirabai Songs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T713284 — 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: Mirabai Songs Context triple: [John Harbison, notableWork, Mirabai Songs]
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A.
Tukaram’s abhangas
Tukaram’s abhangas are a celebrated corpus of devotional poetry in Marathi, expressing intense bhakti (devotion) to the god Vithoba and shaping the spiritual and literary heritage of Maharashtra.
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B.
Jhansi Ki Rani
Jhansi Ki Rani is the legendary 19th-century queen and freedom fighter Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, celebrated for her courageous role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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D.
Dasam Granth
Dasam Granth is a revered Sikh religious scripture traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh, containing hymns, narratives, and philosophical compositions.
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E.
Manjira
Manjira is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana before joining the Godavari River.
- 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: Mirabai Songs Target entity description: Mirabai Songs is a song cycle by American composer John Harbison that sets English translations of devotional poetry by the 16th-century Indian mystic poet Mirabai.
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A.
Tukaram’s abhangas
Tukaram’s abhangas are a celebrated corpus of devotional poetry in Marathi, expressing intense bhakti (devotion) to the god Vithoba and shaping the spiritual and literary heritage of Maharashtra.
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B.
Jhansi Ki Rani
Jhansi Ki Rani is the legendary 19th-century queen and freedom fighter Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, celebrated for her courageous role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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C.
Swayam
Swayam is an Indian government-backed online learning platform that provides free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from schools, colleges, and universities across the country.
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D.
Dasam Granth
Dasam Granth is a revered Sikh religious scripture traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh, containing hymns, narratives, and philosophical compositions.
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E.
Manjira
Manjira is a major river in southern India that flows through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana before joining the Godavari River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song cycle ⓘ |
| basedOn |
English translations of Mirabai’s devotional poetry
ⓘ
poetry of Mirabai ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 20th century ⓘ |
| composer | John Harbison ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dedicatedTo |
Mirabai (as spiritual subject)
ⓘ
linked to:
Meera Bai
|
| genre |
classical music
ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasArrangement |
voice and chamber ensemble
ⓘ
voice and orchestra ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Classical song cycles in English
ⓘ
Musical settings of poems ⓘ Song cycles by John Harbison ⓘ Works based on Indian literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
All I Was Doing Was Breathing
ⓘ
Don’t Go, Don’t Go ⓘ It’s True, I Went to the Market ⓘ The Clouds ⓘ
linked to:
Aristophanes' play Clouds
Where Did You Go? ⓘ Why Mira Can’t Go Back to Her Old House ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Bhakti tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movementCount | 6 ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | voice and piano ⓘ |
| style |
lyrical
ⓘ
modernist ⓘ |
| subject |
Mirabai
ⓘ
linked to:
Meera Bai
|
| textAuthor |
Mirabai
ⓘ
linked to:
Meera Bai
|
| textLanguage | English translation from original Hindi/Rajasthani ⓘ |
| textSource | devotional poetry ⓘ |
| theme |
devotion to Krishna
ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ spiritual love ⓘ |
| usesPoeticForm | free verse (in translation) ⓘ |
| workType | vocal music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Mirabai Songs Description of subject: Mirabai Songs is a song cycle by American composer John Harbison that sets English translations of devotional poetry by the 16th-century Indian mystic poet Mirabai.
Referenced by (13)
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