Requiem
E196099
Requiem is a deeply expressive and harmonically rich choral work by English composer Herbert Howells, often regarded as one of his finest sacred compositions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Requiem canonical | 2 |
| Requiem aeternam II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1754234 — 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: Requiem Context triple: [Herbert Howells, notableWork, Requiem]
-
A.
Requiem
Requiem is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by American composer John Harbison that sets traditional Latin Requiem Mass texts in a contemporary classical style.
-
B.
Verdi Requiem
The Verdi Requiem is a dramatic and operatic-style Roman Catholic funeral mass composed by Giuseppe Verdi, renowned for its powerful choral writing and emotional intensity.
-
C.
Dona Nobis Pacem
"Dona Nobis Pacem" is a traditional Latin canon often sung a cappella as a simple, meditative plea for peace.
-
D.
Miserere
Miserere is a sacred choral composition by Jean-Baptiste Lully, reflecting the grand liturgical style of the French Baroque.
-
E.
Mozart Requiem
Mozart Requiem is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s unfinished and hauntingly powerful final mass, renowned as one of the most celebrated works in the choral and sacred music repertoire.
- 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: Requiem Target entity description: Requiem is a deeply expressive and harmonically rich choral work by English composer Herbert Howells, often regarded as one of his finest sacred compositions.
-
A.
Requiem
Requiem is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by American composer John Harbison that sets traditional Latin Requiem Mass texts in a contemporary classical style.
-
B.
Verdi Requiem
The Verdi Requiem is a dramatic and operatic-style Roman Catholic funeral mass composed by Giuseppe Verdi, renowned for its powerful choral writing and emotional intensity.
-
C.
Dona Nobis Pacem
"Dona Nobis Pacem" is a traditional Latin canon often sung a cappella as a simple, meditative plea for peace.
-
D.
Miserere
Miserere is a sacred choral composition by Jean-Baptiste Lully, reflecting the grand liturgical style of the French Baroque.
-
E.
Mozart Requiem
Mozart Requiem is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s unfinished and hauntingly powerful final mass, renowned as one of the most celebrated works in the choral and sacred music repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral work
ⓘ
sacred music composition ⓘ |
| associatedWith | English cathedral choirs ⓘ |
| catalogueNote | composed in the 1930s ⓘ |
| characteristic |
deeply expressive
ⓘ
expressive dissonance ⓘ harmonically rich ⓘ lush choral textures ⓘ modal harmonic language ⓘ |
| composer | Herbert Howells ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
Requiem
ⓘ
choral music ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
I heard a voice from heaven
ⓘ
Psalm 121 ⓘ Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd) ⓘ
surface form:
Psalm 23
Requiem aeternam I ⓘ Requiem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Requiem aeternam II
Salvator Mundi ⓘ
surface form:
Salvator mundi
|
| hasType | a cappella requiem ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anglican chant
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglican choral tradition
English cathedral music ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
concert performance
ⓘ
liturgical performance ⓘ |
| keyFeature |
a cappella writing
ⓘ
alternation of Latin and English texts ⓘ complex choral harmonies ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
emphasis on textual clarity
ⓘ
intimate, reflective tone ⓘ |
| notableFor | considered one of Herbert Howells’s finest sacred works ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Anglicanism (broadly)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglican
Christian sacred music ⓘ |
| scoring | unaccompanied choir ⓘ |
| style | 20th-century English choral tradition ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
consolation and hope
ⓘ
prayer for the dead ⓘ |
| textSource |
Anglican liturgy
ⓘ
Latin Requiem Mass ⓘ Psalms ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 20 minutes ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
SATB choir
ⓘ
mixed choir ⓘ |
| workTitle | Requiem self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Requiem Description of subject: Requiem is a deeply expressive and harmonically rich choral work by English composer Herbert Howells, often regarded as one of his finest sacred compositions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Requiem (Howells)
this entity surface form:
Requiem aeternam II