Stephen Cleobury
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Stephen Cleobury was a renowned English organist and choral conductor, best known for his long tenure directing the music at King's College, Cambridge and shaping its internationally acclaimed choral tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Cleobury canonical | 2 |
| Sir Stephen Cleobury | 1 |
| Sir Stephen John Cleobury | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Cleobury Context triple: [Choir of King's College, Cambridge, formerConductor, Stephen Cleobury]
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A.
Gordon Jacob
Gordon Jacob was a 20th-century English composer and orchestrator known for his wind band works, film scores, and ceremonial music for major state occasions.
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B.
Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Adrian Boult was a renowned English conductor celebrated for his interpretations of British orchestral music and his long association with the BBC and major recording labels.
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C.
Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.
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D.
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
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E.
Sir Thomas Beecham
Sir Thomas Beecham was a renowned English conductor and impresario, celebrated for his interpretations of composers like Delius and Mozart and for founding major British orchestras.
- 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: Stephen Cleobury Target entity description: Stephen Cleobury was a renowned English organist and choral conductor, best known for his long tenure directing the music at King's College, Cambridge and shaping its internationally acclaimed choral tradition.
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A.
Gordon Jacob
Gordon Jacob was a 20th-century English composer and orchestrator known for his wind band works, film scores, and ceremonial music for major state occasions.
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B.
Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Adrian Boult was a renowned English conductor celebrated for his interpretations of British orchestral music and his long association with the BBC and major recording labels.
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C.
Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.
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D.
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
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E.
Sir Thomas Beecham
Sir Thomas Beecham was a renowned English conductor and impresario, celebrated for his interpretations of composers like Delius and Mozart and for founding major British orchestras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Knight Bachelor
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academic ⓘ choral conductor ⓘ human ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-12-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-11-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John’s College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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St Olave’s Grammar School ⓘ |
| employer |
BBC Singers
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King’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Westminster Cathedral ⓘ |
| endTime | 2019 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Cleobury Mortimer
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surface form:
Cleobury
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| fieldOfWork |
choral conducting
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church music ⓘ |
| fullName |
Stephen Cleobury
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sir Stephen John Cleobury
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| genre | choral music ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| hasChild | two daughters ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| instrument | organ ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal College of Organists ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | shaping the modern sound and international reputation of the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| notableWork |
commissioning new carols for the King’s College Christmas Eve service
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direction of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| occupation |
choral conductor
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music director ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bromley
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surface form:
Bromley, Kent, England
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| placeOfDeath | York, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers
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Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Cathedral ⓘ President of the Royal College of Organists ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Decca Records
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EMI Classics ⓘ King’s College Choir label ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge, England ⓘ |
| sibling | Nicholas Cleobury ⓘ |
| spouse | Emma Disley ⓘ |
| startTime | 1982 ⓘ |
| studied | music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Stephen Cleobury Description of subject: Stephen Cleobury was a renowned English organist and choral conductor, best known for his long tenure directing the music at King's College, Cambridge and shaping its internationally acclaimed choral tradition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sir Stephen Cleobury
this entity surface form:
Sir Stephen John Cleobury