Dance of the Hours
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Dance of the Hours is a comic ballet sequence from the opera "La Gioconda" by Amilcare Ponchielli, famously animated in Disney's Fantasia with dancing animals representing different times of day.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dance of the Hours canonical | 2 |
| Danza delle ore | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2632310 — 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: Dance of the Hours Context triple: [Fantasia, hasSegment, Dance of the Hours]
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A.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a serene and lyrical orchestral and flute piece from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Orphée et Eurydice*, often performed as a standalone concert work.
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B.
Dance of the Clairvoyants
"Dance of the Clairvoyants" is an experimental, synth-driven rock song by Pearl Jam that marked a stylistic departure for the band upon its release as a single from their 2020 album "Gigaton."
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C.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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D.
The Dancing Couple
The Dancing Couple is a lively 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a boisterous village celebration with dancing peasants and chaotic revelry.
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E.
Dance Symphony
Dance Symphony is a concert work by American composer Aaron Copland that adapts and expands material from his earlier ballet Grohg into a three-movement orchestral piece.
- 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: Dance of the Hours Target entity description: Dance of the Hours is a comic ballet sequence from the opera "La Gioconda" by Amilcare Ponchielli, famously animated in Disney's Fantasia with dancing animals representing different times of day.
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A.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a serene and lyrical orchestral and flute piece from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Orphée et Eurydice*, often performed as a standalone concert work.
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B.
Dance of the Clairvoyants
"Dance of the Clairvoyants" is an experimental, synth-driven rock song by Pearl Jam that marked a stylistic departure for the band upon its release as a single from their 2020 album "Gigaton."
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C.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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D.
The Dancing Couple
The Dancing Couple is a lively 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a boisterous village celebration with dancing peasants and chaotic revelry.
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E.
Dance Symphony
Dance Symphony is a concert work by American composer Aaron Copland that adapts and expands material from his earlier ballet Grohg into a three-movement orchestral piece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet
ⓘ
comic ballet ⓘ orchestral intermezzo ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Mona Lisa
ⓘ
surface form:
La Gioconda
|
| composer | Amilcare Ponchielli ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| depicts |
dawn
ⓘ
day ⓘ night ⓘ times of day ⓘ twilight ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Fantasia
ⓘ
Fantasia ⓘ
surface form:
Fantasia (1940 film)
|
| featuredInSegment |
Fantasia
ⓘ
surface form:
Ballet of the Hours in Fantasia
|
| firstPerformanceInWork | La Gioconda premiere ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet music
ⓘ
classical music ⓘ |
| hasCatalogNumber | from La Gioconda Act 3 ballet ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
contrasting moods
ⓘ
programmatic structure ⓘ waltz-like rhythms ⓘ |
| hasDerivativeWork | parody song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!" ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass
ⓘ
celesta or piano ⓘ harp ⓘ percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| hasPart |
dawn section
ⓘ
daytime section ⓘ evening section ⓘ nighttime section ⓘ |
| hasTitleInItalian |
Dance of the Hours
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Danza delle ore
|
| includedIn | classical music concert repertoire ⓘ |
| influenced | popular culture depictions of classical ballet ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movementOf | Act 3 of La Gioconda ⓘ |
| notableUse | Fantasia ⓘ |
| orchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| originallyComposedFor | opera ballet sequence ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mona Lisa
ⓘ
surface form:
La Gioconda
|
| popularizedBy |
Fantasia hippo and alligator ballet
ⓘ
Walt Disney ⓘ |
| publisher | Ricordi ⓘ |
| recordedBy | numerous symphony orchestras ⓘ |
| style | Romantic ⓘ |
| tonality |
major key sections
ⓘ
minor key sections ⓘ |
| usedFor | comic effect in animation ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Dance of the Hours Description of subject: Dance of the Hours is a comic ballet sequence from the opera "La Gioconda" by Amilcare Ponchielli, famously animated in Disney's Fantasia with dancing animals representing different times of day.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Danza delle ore