Michael Tippett
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Michael Tippett was a prominent 20th-century British composer known for his innovative, lyrical works and engagement with social and humanist themes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Tippett canonical | 2 |
| Sir Michael Tippett | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5524196 — 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 Tippett Context triple: [BBC Symphony Orchestra, commissionedWorksFrom, Michael Tippett]
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A.
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten was a prominent 20th-century English composer, conductor, and pianist best known for works such as the opera "Peter Grimes" and "The War Requiem."
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B.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was a prominent 20th-century British composer and conductor, known for his modernist works and for serving as Master of the Queen’s Music.
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C.
Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle was a prominent British contemporary composer known for his complex, modernist orchestral and operatic works.
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D.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his symphonies, choral works, and influential contributions to British ceremonial and folk-inspired music.
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E.
Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.
- 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 Tippett Target entity description: Michael Tippett was a prominent 20th-century British composer known for his innovative, lyrical works and engagement with social and humanist themes.
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A.
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten was a prominent 20th-century English composer, conductor, and pianist best known for works such as the opera "Peter Grimes" and "The War Requiem."
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B.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was a prominent 20th-century British composer and conductor, known for his modernist works and for serving as Master of the Queen’s Music.
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C.
Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle was a prominent British contemporary composer known for his complex, modernist orchestral and operatic works.
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D.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his symphonies, choral works, and influential contributions to British ceremonial and folk-inspired music.
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E.
Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British composer
ⓘ
classical composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Bachelor
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Order of Merit ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1905-01-02 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1998-01-08 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | 20th-century British composer known for innovative, lyrical works and engagement with social and humanist themes ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Fettes College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Stamford School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Morley College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tippett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Sir Michael Kemp Tippett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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choral music ⓘ classical music ⓘ opera ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Child of Our Time
NERFINISHED
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Concerto for Double String Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli NERFINISHED ⓘ King Priam NERFINISHED ⓘ New Year ⓘ Piano Concerto ⓘ String Quartet No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ice Break NERFINISHED ⓘ The Knot Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mask of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ The Midsummer Marriage NERFINISHED ⓘ The Vision of Saint Augustine NERFINISHED ⓘ Triple Concerto ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ music teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Eastcote, Middlesex
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| politicalIdeology | pacifism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Director of Music at Morley College ⓘ |
| religionOrWorldview | humanism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael Tippett Description of subject: Michael Tippett was a prominent 20th-century British composer known for his innovative, lyrical works and engagement with social and humanist themes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sir Michael Tippett