Michael P. Steinberg
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Michael P. Steinberg is an American historian and musicologist known for his scholarship on German cultural and intellectual history and his leadership roles in higher education.
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| Michael P. Steinberg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4567240 — 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: Michael P. Steinberg Context triple: [Steinberg, hasNotableBearer, Michael P. Steinberg]
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Richard Leibler
Richard Leibler was an American mathematician and statistician best known for co-developing the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a fundamental concept in information theory and statistics.
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B.
Martin Bregman
Martin Bregman was an American film producer best known for producing iconic crime dramas such as "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon," and "Scarface."
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C.
Murray Schisgal
Murray Schisgal was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his offbeat comedies and for co-writing the acclaimed film "Tootsie."
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D.
Mo Ostin
Mo Ostin was a legendary American music industry executive best known for his long tenure leading Warner Bros. Records and his influential role in shaping the careers of numerous iconic artists.
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E.
David Kraft
David Kraft is a member of the prominent Kraft family, known for its significant influence in the American food industry and philanthropy.
- 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: Michael P. Steinberg Target entity description: Michael P. Steinberg is an American historian and musicologist known for his scholarship on German cultural and intellectual history and his leadership roles in higher education.
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A.
Richard Leibler
Richard Leibler was an American mathematician and statistician best known for co-developing the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a fundamental concept in information theory and statistics.
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B.
Martin Bregman
Martin Bregman was an American film producer best known for producing iconic crime dramas such as "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon," and "Scarface."
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C.
Murray Schisgal
Murray Schisgal was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his offbeat comedies and for co-writing the acclaimed film "Tootsie."
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D.
Mo Ostin
Mo Ostin was a legendary American music industry executive best known for his long tenure leading Warner Bros. Records and his influential role in shaping the careers of numerous iconic artists.
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E.
David Kraft
David Kraft is a member of the prominent Kraft family, known for its significant influence in the American food industry and philanthropy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historian
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human ⓘ musicologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Brown University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
German history
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German-Jewish studies ⓘ cultural history ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ music history ⓘ opera studies ⓘ |
| genre | academic writing ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Austria as Theater and Ideology: The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival
NERFINISHED
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Judaism Musical and Unmusical NERFINISHED ⓘ Listening to Reason: Culture, Subjectivity, and Nineteenth-Century Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Studies on Wagner and German modernity ⓘ The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American historical academia
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American musicological community ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership roles in higher education
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scholarship on German cultural history ⓘ scholarship on German intellectual history ⓘ scholarship on music and politics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Austria as Theater and Ideology: The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival
NERFINISHED
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Judaism Musical and Unmusical NERFINISHED ⓘ Listening to Reason: Culture, Subjectivity, and Nineteenth-Century Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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musicologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Dean of the Faculty at Brown University
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Director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown University ⓘ President of the American Academy in Berlin ⓘ Professor of History at Brown University ⓘ Professor of Music at Brown University ⓘ Vice Provost for the Arts at Brown University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Austrian cultural history
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German modernism ⓘ opera and ideology ⓘ relationship between music and politics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael P. Steinberg Description of subject: Michael P. Steinberg is an American historian and musicologist known for his scholarship on German cultural and intellectual history and his leadership roles in higher education.
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