Edwin Franko Goldman
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Edwin Franko Goldman was an influential American bandmaster and composer, best known for founding the Goldman Band and popularizing concert band music in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edwin Franko Goldman canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4033549 — 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: Edwin Franko Goldman Context triple: [Suite of Old American Dances, dedicatedTo, Edwin Franko Goldman]
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A.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
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B.
Louis Finkelstein
Louis Finkelstein was a prominent American Conservative rabbi and scholar who served as a long-time leader and chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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C.
Adolf Berman
Adolf Berman was a Polish Jewish activist, Holocaust survivor, and politician known for his role in the Jewish resistance and postwar advocacy for survivors’ rights.
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D.
Leo Löwenthal
Leo Löwenthal was a German sociologist and literary critic associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his analyses of mass culture, literature, and the sociology of intellectuals.
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E.
Samuel Lipman
Samuel Lipman was one of the Russian-born Jewish anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
- 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: Edwin Franko Goldman Target entity description: Edwin Franko Goldman was an influential American bandmaster and composer, best known for founding the Goldman Band and popularizing concert band music in the early 20th century.
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A.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
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B.
Louis Finkelstein
Louis Finkelstein was a prominent American Conservative rabbi and scholar who served as a long-time leader and chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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C.
Adolf Berman
Adolf Berman was a Polish Jewish activist, Holocaust survivor, and politician known for his role in the Jewish resistance and postwar advocacy for survivors’ rights.
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D.
Leo Löwenthal
Leo Löwenthal was a German sociologist and literary critic associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his analyses of mass culture, literature, and the sociology of intellectuals.
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E.
Samuel Lipman
Samuel Lipman was one of the Russian-born Jewish anarchists prosecuted in the 1919 U.S. Supreme Court case Abrams v. United States for distributing anti-war leaflets during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandmaster
ⓘ
composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1890s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Honorary doctorates from music institutions ⓘ |
| child | Richard Franko Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | American Bandmasters Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1878-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1956-02-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | National Conservatory of Music of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
band music
ⓘ
music education ⓘ |
| founded |
Goldman Band
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Goldman Band summer concert series in New York City ⓘ |
| genre |
concert band music
ⓘ
march ⓘ |
| givenName | Edwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Goldman Band radio broadcasts ⓘ |
| hasSignatureWork | On the Mall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
American band music repertoire
ⓘ
development of outdoor summer band concerts in the United States ⓘ |
| instrument | cornet ⓘ |
| knownFor |
free outdoor band concerts in New York City
ⓘ
popularizing concert band music in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | American concert band tradition ⓘ |
| name | Edwin Franko Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Boy Scouts of America March
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chimes of Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ Jubilee March NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Mall NERFINISHED ⓘ The Interlochen Bowl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandmaster
ⓘ
composer ⓘ cornetist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Louisville, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| positionHeld |
conductor of the Goldman Band
ⓘ
founder of the American Bandmasters Association ⓘ |
| relative | Richard Franko Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| workLocation | New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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