Ernst Krenek
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Ernst Krenek was an Austrian-born composer known for his stylistic versatility, including atonal and twelve-tone works, and for his influential role in 20th-century modernist music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ernst Krenek canonical | 8 |
| Ernst Křenek | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12679764 — 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: Ernst Krenek Context triple: [Second Viennese School, notableMember, Ernst Krenek]
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A.
Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler was an Austrian-born composer known for his politically engaged music, collaborations with Bertolt Brecht, and contributions to both concert music and film scores, including the national anthem of East Germany.
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B.
Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze was a prominent 20th-century German composer known for his eclectic, politically engaged works spanning opera, symphonic music, and chamber music.
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C.
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch was an Austrian-born composer and influential modernist known for his innovative chamber music, choral works, and film scores, who later became an important musical figure in the United States.
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D.
Hans von Dohnanyi
Hans von Dohnanyi was a German jurist and key member of the anti-Nazi resistance who helped document Nazi crimes and was executed by the regime in 1945.
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E.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Karl Amadeus Hartmann was a 20th-century German composer known for his politically charged, modernist works and his internal exile in Nazi Germany.
- 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: Ernst Krenek Target entity description: Ernst Krenek was an Austrian-born composer known for his stylistic versatility, including atonal and twelve-tone works, and for his influential role in 20th-century modernist music.
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A.
Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler was an Austrian-born composer known for his politically engaged music, collaborations with Bertolt Brecht, and contributions to both concert music and film scores, including the national anthem of East Germany.
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B.
Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze was a prominent 20th-century German composer known for his eclectic, politically engaged works spanning opera, symphonic music, and chamber music.
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C.
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch was an Austrian-born composer and influential modernist known for his innovative chamber music, choral works, and film scores, who later became an important musical figure in the United States.
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D.
Hans von Dohnanyi
Hans von Dohnanyi was a German jurist and key member of the anti-Nazi resistance who helped document Nazi crimes and was executed by the regime in 1945.
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E.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Karl Amadeus Hartmann was a 20th-century German composer known for his politically charged, modernist works and his internal exile in Nazi Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ernst Krenek