Quatuor pour la fin du temps
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Quatuor pour la fin du temps is a landmark 1941 chamber work for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano by Olivier Messiaen, composed and first performed in a German prisoner-of-war camp and inspired by apocalyptic passages from the Book of Revelation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Quatuor pour la fin du temps canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Context triple: [Olivier Messiaen, notableWork, Quatuor pour la fin du temps]
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Le Tombeau de Couperin
Le Tombeau de Couperin is a neoclassical suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, later orchestrated, composed as an homage to French Baroque style and to friends lost in World War I.
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Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" is a large-scale impressionistic ballet score, renowned for its lush orchestration and evocative depiction of an ancient pastoral love story.
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Das Lied von der Erde
Das Lied von der Erde is a large-scale symphonic song cycle by Gustav Mahler that blends orchestral writing with vocal settings of German translations of ancient Chinese poetry.
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Suite bergamasque
Suite bergamasque is a famous piano suite by Claude Debussy, best known for its lyrical third movement, "Clair de lune."
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Structures (Boulez)
Structures (Boulez) is a seminal series of piano pieces by Pierre Boulez that exemplify integral serialism and rigorous avant-garde compositional techniques of the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Target entity description: Quatuor pour la fin du temps is a landmark 1941 chamber work for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano by Olivier Messiaen, composed and first performed in a German prisoner-of-war camp and inspired by apocalyptic passages from the Book of Revelation.
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A.
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Le Tombeau de Couperin is a neoclassical suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, later orchestrated, composed as an homage to French Baroque style and to friends lost in World War I.
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B.
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" is a large-scale impressionistic ballet score, renowned for its lush orchestration and evocative depiction of an ancient pastoral love story.
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C.
Das Lied von der Erde
Das Lied von der Erde is a large-scale symphonic song cycle by Gustav Mahler that blends orchestral writing with vocal settings of German translations of ancient Chinese poetry.
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D.
Suite bergamasque
Suite bergamasque is a famous piano suite by Claude Debussy, best known for its lyrical third movement, "Clair de lune."
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E.
Structures (Boulez)
Structures (Boulez) is a seminal series of piano pieces by Pierre Boulez that exemplify integral serialism and rigorous avant-garde compositional techniques of the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
20th-century classical composition
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chamber music composition ⓘ string quartet with piano ⓘ |
| composer | Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfComposition | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Angel of the Apocalypse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement | birdsong transcriptions ⓘ |
| genre | chamber music ⓘ |
| hasKeyCharacteristic |
intense religious symbolism
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irregular rhythmic cycles ⓘ unusual instrumentation for a quartet ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Book of Revelation
NERFINISHED
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Christian eschatology ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| movement |
I. Liturgie de cristal
NERFINISHED
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II. Vocalise, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps ⓘ III. Abîme des oiseaux NERFINISHED ⓘ IV. Intermède ⓘ V. Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus NERFINISHED ⓘ VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes NERFINISHED ⓘ VII. Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps NERFINISHED ⓘ VIII. Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMovement |
Abîme des oiseaux for solo clarinet
NERFINISHED
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Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus for violin and piano NERFINISHED ⓘ Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus for cello and piano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 8 ⓘ |
| placeComposed | Stalag VIII-A, Görlitz, German prisoner-of-war camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereAudienceType | prisoners of war ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 15 January 1941 ⓘ |
| premierePerformedBy |
Henri Akoka
NERFINISHED
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Jean Le Boulaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED ⓘ Étienne Pasquier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Stalag VIII-A, Görlitz, German prisoner-of-war camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTheme |
angelic visions
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apocalypse ⓘ eternity ⓘ |
| scoredForInstrument |
cello
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clarinet ⓘ piano ⓘ violin ⓘ |
| style |
French modernism
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spiritual minimalism precursor ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Quartet for the End of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
additive rhythms
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modes of limited transposition ⓘ non-retrogradable rhythms ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1941 ⓘ |
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