Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
E239973
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 is Tchaikovsky’s dramatic, fate-themed symphony renowned for its sweeping melodies, emotional intensity, and cyclical structure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2011492 — 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: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Context triple: [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, notableWork, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64]
-
A.
Symphony No. 6 in E minor
Symphony No. 6 in E minor is a powerful and often darkly intense orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, noted for its dramatic contrasts and enigmatic, quiet finale.
-
B.
Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Symphony No. 7 in E minor is a large-scale, five-movement orchestral work by Gustav Mahler, noted for its complex structure, darkly enigmatic character, and innovative orchestration.
-
C.
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" is a large-scale, emotionally intense orchestral work by Gustav Mahler, renowned for its dark character, powerful climaxes, and innovative use of orchestration and form.
-
D.
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor is a large-scale, emotionally intense orchestral work by Gustav Mahler, renowned for its dramatic trajectory from a funeral march opening to a triumphant finale and for its famous Adagietto movement.
-
E.
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 6 is a contemporary orchestral work by American composer John Harbison that reflects his modern yet accessible style and command of large-scale symphonic form.
- 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: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Target entity description: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 is Tchaikovsky’s dramatic, fate-themed symphony renowned for its sweeping melodies, emotional intensity, and cyclical structure.
-
A.
Symphony No. 6 in E minor
Symphony No. 6 in E minor is a powerful and often darkly intense orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, noted for its dramatic contrasts and enigmatic, quiet finale.
-
B.
Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Symphony No. 7 in E minor is a large-scale, five-movement orchestral work by Gustav Mahler, noted for its complex structure, darkly enigmatic character, and innovative orchestration.
-
C.
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" is a large-scale, emotionally intense orchestral work by Gustav Mahler, renowned for its dark character, powerful climaxes, and innovative use of orchestration and form.
-
D.
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor is a large-scale, emotionally intense orchestral work by Gustav Mahler, renowned for its dramatic trajectory from a funeral march opening to a triumphant finale and for its famous Adagietto movement.
-
E.
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 6 is a contemporary orchestral work by American composer John Harbison that reflects his modern yet accessible style and command of large-scale symphonic form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral work
ⓘ
symphony ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 45 minutes ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
cyclic thematic transformation
ⓘ
programmatic suggestion of fate ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | TH 28 ⓘ |
| composer | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1888 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | 1888 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| earlyReception | initially received mixed critical reviews ⓘ |
| emotionalCharacter |
dramatic
ⓘ
intense ⓘ |
| followedBy | Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" ⓘ |
| followsWork | Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 ⓘ |
| genre | Romantic symphony ⓘ |
| key | E minor ⓘ |
| language | none (instrumental) ⓘ |
| laterReception | later widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| melodicFeature | sweeping melodies ⓘ |
| motivicFeature | recurring fate motif ⓘ |
| movement |
I. Andante – Allegro con anima
ⓘ
II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza ⓘ III. Valse: Allegro moderato ⓘ IV. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace ⓘ |
| movements | 4 ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentation |
clarinet solo in the slow introduction
ⓘ
horn solo in the second movement ⓘ prominent brass writing in the finale ⓘ |
| notableRecordingHistory | extensively recorded by major orchestras worldwide ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 5 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 64 ⓘ |
| orchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| placeInComposerOutput | penultimate numbered symphony ⓘ |
| precededBy | Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 17 November 1888 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| premiereOrchestra | Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society Orchestra ⓘ |
| reception | now one of Tchaikovsky’s most frequently performed symphonies ⓘ |
| structureFeature | cyclical form ⓘ |
| style | late Romantic ⓘ |
| thematicCharacter |
fate
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ triumph ⓘ |
| workTitle | Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 self-link ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1888 ⓘ |
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: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Description of subject: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 is Tchaikovsky’s dramatic, fate-themed symphony renowned for its sweeping melodies, emotional intensity, and cyclical structure.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Theme and Variations (final movement of Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 3)
→
relatedWork
→
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
ⓘ