Fête des belles eaux
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Fête des belles eaux is a 1937 composition by Olivier Messiaen for six ondes Martenot, notable for its ethereal timbres and early exploration of electronic sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fête des belles eaux canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10466006 — 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: Fête des belles eaux Context triple: [ondes Martenot, notableWork, Fête des belles eaux]
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A.
Fêtes Vénitiennes
Fêtes Vénitiennes is a celebrated Rococo painting by Antoine Watteau that depicts an elegant outdoor gathering of masked figures in a festive, theatrical atmosphere.
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B.
Jetée des Eaux-Vives
Jetée des Eaux-Vives is a lakeside pier and promenade in Geneva, Switzerland, offering close-up views of the famous Jet d'Eau fountain and the surrounding waterfront.
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C.
La Balançoire
La Balançoire is an 18th-century Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, celebrated for its playful, romantic depiction of a young woman on a swing in a lush garden.
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D.
L’Écluse
L’Écluse is a village in the municipality of Beauvechain in Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
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E.
Les Bords de l’Oise
Les Bords de l’Oise is a 19th-century landscape painting by French artist Charles-François Daubigny that depicts the tranquil banks of the Oise River in a naturalistic, atmospheric style.
- 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: Fête des belles eaux Target entity description: Fête des belles eaux is a 1937 composition by Olivier Messiaen for six ondes Martenot, notable for its ethereal timbres and early exploration of electronic sound.
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A.
Fêtes Vénitiennes
Fêtes Vénitiennes is a celebrated Rococo painting by Antoine Watteau that depicts an elegant outdoor gathering of masked figures in a festive, theatrical atmosphere.
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B.
Jetée des Eaux-Vives
Jetée des Eaux-Vives is a lakeside pier and promenade in Geneva, Switzerland, offering close-up views of the famous Jet d'Eau fountain and the surrounding waterfront.
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C.
La Balançoire
La Balançoire is an 18th-century Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, celebrated for its playful, romantic depiction of a young woman on a swing in a lush garden.
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D.
L’Écluse
L’Écluse is a village in the municipality of Beauvechain in Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
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E.
Les Bords de l’Oise
Les Bords de l’Oise is a 19th-century landscape painting by French artist Charles-François Daubigny that depicts the tranquil banks of the Oise River in a naturalistic, atmospheric style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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work for ondes Martenot ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne ⓘ |
| commissionedFor |
1937 Paris International Exposition
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Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne ⓘ |
| composer | Olivier Messiaen ⓘ |
| composerNationality | French ⓘ |
| composerStyleCharacteristic |
emphasis on coloristic harmony
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use of modes of limited transposition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1937 ⓘ |
| explores |
electronic sonorities
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timbre ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century classical music
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chamber music ⓘ electronic music ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest concert works for multiple electronic instruments ⓘ |
| instrumentationFeature | exclusive use of ondes Martenot ⓘ |
| language | none (instrumental) ⓘ |
| movementCount | multiple short movements ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early exploration of electronic sound
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ethereal timbres ⓘ |
| numberOfInstruments | 6 ⓘ |
| performancePractice | ensemble of ondes Martenot players ⓘ |
| period | early career of Olivier Messiaen ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer |
Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine
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Turangalîla-Symphonie ⓘ |
| scoredFor | six ondes Martenot ⓘ |
| style | French modernism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | water ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Festival of the Beautiful Waters ⓘ |
| usesInstrument | ondes Martenot ⓘ |
| year | 1937 ⓘ |
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Subject: Fête des belles eaux Description of subject: Fête des belles eaux is a 1937 composition by Olivier Messiaen for six ondes Martenot, notable for its ethereal timbres and early exploration of electronic sound.
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