The Music of Erich Zann
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"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short horror story by H. P. Lovecraft about a mute viol player whose eerie music holds back terrifying otherworldly forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Erich Zann | 2 |
| The Music of Erich Zann canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1715091 — 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.
Target entity: The Music of Erich Zann Context triple: [H. P. Lovecraft, notableWork, The Music of Erich Zann]
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Door into the Dark
Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
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Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 psychedelic rock studio album by the Grateful Dead, noted for its experimental sound and innovative use of multitrack recording technology.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread is a 1905 novel by E. M. Forster that explores cultural clashes, moral hypocrisy, and personal freedom through the tragic consequences of an English family's entanglement in an Italian romance.
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D.
Strange Meeting
"Strange Meeting" is a renowned anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen that depicts a surreal encounter between two dead soldiers, powerfully conveying the futility and horror of war.
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E.
The Witch House
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Music of Erich Zann Target entity description: "The Music of Erich Zann" is a short horror story by H. P. Lovecraft about a mute viol player whose eerie music holds back terrifying otherworldly forces.
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A.
Door into the Dark
Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
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B.
Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 psychedelic rock studio album by the Grateful Dead, noted for its experimental sound and innovative use of multitrack recording technology.
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C.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread is a 1905 novel by E. M. Forster that explores cultural clashes, moral hypocrisy, and personal freedom through the tragic consequences of an English family's entanglement in an Italian romance.
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D.
Strange Meeting
"Strange Meeting" is a renowned anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen that depicts a surreal encounter between two dead soldiers, powerfully conveying the futility and horror of war.
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E.
The Witch House
The Witch House is a historic 17th-century home in Salem, Massachusetts, famously associated with the Salem witch trials as the residence of Judge Jonathan Corwin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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short story ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| author |
H. P. Lovecraft
ⓘ
H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
surface form:
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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| centralTheme |
cosmic horror
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the power of music ⓘ the unknown ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | viol player ⓘ |
| characterTrait | mute ⓘ |
| copyrightStatusInUnitedStates | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublishedIn | The National Amateur ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
audio drama adaptations
ⓘ
comic adaptations ⓘ short film adaptations ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
fear of the infinite
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isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ |
| includedInCollection |
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales
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The Dunwich Horror ⓘ
surface form:
The Dunwich Horror and Others
|
| influenced | later horror writers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | weird tale tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
The Music of Erich Zann
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Erich Zann
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| motif |
forbidden knowledge
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otherworldly music ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| partOf | Cthulhu Mythos-related fiction ⓘ |
| plotElement | music used to hold back supernatural forces ⓘ |
| protagonist | unnamed student narrator ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfFirstAppearance | amateur magazine ⓘ |
| setting | Rue d’Auseil ⓘ |
| settingType | European city ⓘ |
| titleCharacter |
The Music of Erich Zann
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Erich Zann
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| tone |
claustrophobic
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eerie ⓘ |
| wordCountApproximate | 6000–7000 words ⓘ |
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Subject: The Music of Erich Zann Description of subject: "The Music of Erich Zann" is a short horror story by H. P. Lovecraft about a mute viol player whose eerie music holds back terrifying otherworldly forces.
Referenced by (3)
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