Moses Asch
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Moses Asch was an influential American record producer and founder of Folkways Records, known for documenting and preserving folk, world, and spoken-word recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moses Asch canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3004946 — 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: Moses Asch Context triple: [Sholem Asch, child, Moses Asch]
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A.
Norman Granz
Norman Granz was a prominent American jazz impresario and record producer, best known for founding the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series and the Verve record label.
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B.
Asa Yoelson
Asa Yoelson, better known as Al Jolson, was a hugely popular early 20th-century American singer, comedian, and actor often called "the world's greatest entertainer."
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C.
Charles Fleischer
Charles Fleischer is an American actor and comedian best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit and several other characters in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
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D.
Itzhak Stern
Itzhak Stern was a real-life Jewish accountant who became Oskar Schindler’s key aide in saving over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust, and is prominently portrayed in the film "Schindler’s List."
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E.
Elkan Naumburg
Elkan Naumburg was a New York City philanthropist and music patron best known for endowing free public concerts and funding the construction of the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.
- 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: Moses Asch Target entity description: Moses Asch was an influential American record producer and founder of Folkways Records, known for documenting and preserving folk, world, and spoken-word recordings.
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A.
Norman Granz
Norman Granz was a prominent American jazz impresario and record producer, best known for founding the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series and the Verve record label.
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B.
Asa Yoelson
Asa Yoelson, better known as Al Jolson, was a hugely popular early 20th-century American singer, comedian, and actor often called "the world's greatest entertainer."
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C.
Charles Fleischer
Charles Fleischer is an American actor and comedian best known as the voice of Roger Rabbit and several other characters in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
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D.
Itzhak Stern
Itzhak Stern was a real-life Jewish accountant who became Oskar Schindler’s key aide in saving over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust, and is prominently portrayed in the film "Schindler’s List."
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E.
Elkan Naumburg
Elkan Naumburg was a New York City philanthropist and music patron best known for endowing free public concerts and funding the construction of the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
founder
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human ⓘ music executive ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| businessModel | keeping all Folkways titles in print ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Smithsonian Institution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
documented underrepresented communities
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expanded access to global music traditions ⓘ influenced later independent labels ⓘ |
| employer | Folkways Records ⓘ |
| familyName | Asch ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethnomusicology
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folk music ⓘ sound recording ⓘ |
| founded |
Folkways Records
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surface form:
Asch Records
Disc Records ⓘ Folkways Records ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
folk
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spoken word ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| givenName | Moses ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophy | record everything and anything of lasting value ⓘ |
| influenced |
American folk music revival
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archival recording practices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comprehensive cataloging of recordings
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non-commercial approach to recording ⓘ releasing long-playing records of traditional music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legacy | Folkways Records catalog preserved by Smithsonian Folkways ⓘ |
| name | Moses Asch self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documenting folk music
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founding Folkways Records ⓘ preserving spoken-word recordings ⓘ preserving world music recordings ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
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music executive ⓘ record producer ⓘ sound engineer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of Folkways Records
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recording engineer at Folkways Records ⓘ |
| recordLabelTypeFounded | independent record label ⓘ |
| workFocus |
documentation of traditional cultures
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educational recordings ⓘ preservation of oral traditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (4)
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