Lou Silver Harrison
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Lou Silver Harrison was an influential American composer known for integrating non-Western musical traditions, especially Indonesian gamelan, into contemporary classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lou Silver Harrison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5326689 — 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: Lou Silver Harrison Context triple: [Lou Harrison, fullName, Lou Silver Harrison]
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A.
Ross Marquand
Ross Marquand is an American actor and impressionist best known for his roles on "The Walking Dead" and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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B.
Harry Robbins
Harry Robbins "H. R." Haldeman was an American political aide who served as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and became a central figure in the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Luke Murray
Luke Murray is an American basketball coach known for his assistant coaching roles at several major college programs and as the son of actor Bill Murray.
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D.
Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison was an early husband of Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer, who later became known as the wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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E.
Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison was an American public official who served as the first Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury under President George Washington, helping to establish the young nation’s financial administration.
- 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: Lou Silver Harrison Target entity description: Lou Silver Harrison was an influential American composer known for integrating non-Western musical traditions, especially Indonesian gamelan, into contemporary classical music.
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A.
Ross Marquand
Ross Marquand is an American actor and impressionist best known for his roles on "The Walking Dead" and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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B.
Harry Robbins
Harry Robbins "H. R." Haldeman was an American political aide who served as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and became a central figure in the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Luke Murray
Luke Murray is an American basketball coach known for his assistant coaching roles at several major college programs and as the son of actor Bill Murray.
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D.
Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison was an early husband of Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer, who later became known as the wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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E.
Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison was an American public official who served as the first Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury under President George Washington, helping to establish the young nation’s financial administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American composer
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | William Colvig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
composition
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cross-cultural music ⓘ ethnomusicology ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
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experimental music ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| givenName | Lou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
American experimental music
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development of American gamelan ensembles ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arnold Schoenberg
NERFINISHED
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Balinese gamelan ⓘ Henry Cowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesian gamelan music ⓘ Javanese gamelan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| name | Lou Silver Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of non-Western musical traditions into Western classical music
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use of Indonesian gamelan in contemporary classical composition ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Concerto in Slendro
NERFINISHED
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Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Javanese Gamelan NERFINISHED ⓘ La Koro Sutro NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacifika Rondo NERFINISHED ⓘ Suite for Violin and American Gamelan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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music critic ⓘ music teacher ⓘ |
| partner | William Colvig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Arnold Schoenberg
NERFINISHED
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Henry Cowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taught |
composition
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world music ⓘ |
| usedInstrument |
American gamelan
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gamelan ⓘ |
| usedTuningSystem |
alternative tuning systems
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just intonation ⓘ |
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