Fred Lerdahl
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Fred Lerdahl is an American composer and music theorist known for his influential work on the cognitive foundations of tonal music and musical structure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fred Lerdahl canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10183201 — 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: Fred Lerdahl Context triple: [Ray Jackendoff, coAuthor, Fred Lerdahl]
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A.
Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt was an influential American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in serialism and electronic music.
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B.
Carl Dahlhaus
Carl Dahlhaus was a prominent 20th-century German musicologist renowned for his influential scholarship on music history and theory, particularly of the 19th century.
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C.
Joseph Schillinger
Joseph Schillinger was a Russian-American composer, music theorist, and educator best known for developing the mathematically based Schillinger System of Musical Composition.
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D.
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison was an American composer known for blending Western classical traditions with non-Western musical influences, especially Indonesian gamelan.
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E.
Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss was a German-American composer, conductor, and pianist known for his innovative, eclectic works and leadership of major American orchestras and music institutions.
- 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: Fred Lerdahl Target entity description: Fred Lerdahl is an American composer and music theorist known for his influential work on the cognitive foundations of tonal music and musical structure.
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A.
Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt was an influential American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in serialism and electronic music.
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B.
Carl Dahlhaus
Carl Dahlhaus was a prominent 20th-century German musicologist renowned for his influential scholarship on music history and theory, particularly of the 19th century.
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C.
Joseph Schillinger
Joseph Schillinger was a Russian-American composer, music theorist, and educator best known for developing the mathematically based Schillinger System of Musical Composition.
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D.
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison was an American composer known for blending Western classical traditions with non-Western musical influences, especially Indonesian gamelan.
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E.
Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss was a German-American composer, conductor, and pianist known for his innovative, eclectic works and leadership of major American orchestras and music institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ music theorist ⓘ music theory book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
music
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music theory ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
music cognition research
ⓘ
music theory pedagogy ⓘ |
| author |
Fred Lerdahl
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Ray Jackendoff ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Ray Jackendoff ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music cognition
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music theory ⓘ musical structure ⓘ tonal music ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
hierarchical grouping in music
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metrical structure in tonal music ⓘ preference rules for tonal organization ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
composer
ⓘ
music cognition researcher ⓘ music theorist ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudent | music theorist ⓘ |
| hasRole | university professor ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
chamber music
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orchestral music ⓘ solo instrumental music ⓘ vocal music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
generative linguistics
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tonal theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Generative Theory of Tonal Music
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linked to:
A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
cognitive foundations of tonal music ⓘ
linked to:
A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
theory of musical structure ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | cognitive music theory ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
preference rules in tonal music
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prolongational reduction ⓘ time-span reduction ⓘ |
| notableWork | A Generative Theory of Tonal Music ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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music theorist ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
generative theory
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rule-based modeling of musical perception ⓘ |
| workFocus |
formalization of tonal intuitions
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hierarchical structure in music ⓘ listener’s cognitive processing of tonal music ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Fred Lerdahl Description of subject: Fred Lerdahl is an American composer and music theorist known for his influential work on the cognitive foundations of tonal music and musical structure.
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