Turangalîla-Symphonie
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Turangalîla-Symphonie is a large-scale, exuberant 20th-century orchestral work by Olivier Messiaen that combines lush harmonies, complex rhythms, and prominent use of the ondes Martenot to explore themes of love and transcendence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Turangalîla-Symphonie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6476266 — 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: Turangalîla-Symphonie Context triple: [Olivier Messiaen, notableWork, Turangalîla-Symphonie]
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Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
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B.
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz's *Symphonie fantastique* is a groundbreaking 1830 Romantic program symphony renowned for its vivid orchestration and dramatic depiction of an artist’s opium-induced visions.
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C.
The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring is a groundbreaking early 20th-century ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, famous for its avant-garde music, depiction of pagan rituals, and the scandal it caused at its 1913 Paris debut.
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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.
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.
- 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: Turangalîla-Symphonie Target entity description: Turangalîla-Symphonie is a large-scale, exuberant 20th-century orchestral work by Olivier Messiaen that combines lush harmonies, complex rhythms, and prominent use of the ondes Martenot to explore themes of love and transcendence.
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A.
Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
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B.
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz's *Symphonie fantastique* is a groundbreaking 1830 Romantic program symphony renowned for its vivid orchestration and dramatic depiction of an artist’s opium-induced visions.
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C.
The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring is a groundbreaking early 20th-century ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky, famous for its avant-garde music, depiction of pagan rituals, and the scandal it caused at its 1913 Paris debut.
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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."
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | approximately 75–80 minutes ⓘ |
| associatedComposer | Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Serge Koussevitzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Boston Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1946–1948 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Yvonne Loriod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Tristan und Isolde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Sanskrit-derived neologism ⓘ |
| movementCount | 10 ⓘ |
| movementTitle |
Chant d’amour 1
ⓘ
Chant d’amour 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Développement de l’amour NERFINISHED ⓘ Final ⓘ Introduction ⓘ Jardin du sommeil d’amour ⓘ Joie du sang des étoiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Turangalîla 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Turangalîla 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Turangalîla 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalityOfComposer | French ⓘ |
| notableInstrument |
ondes Martenot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
piano ⓘ |
| notableRecordingArtist | Yvonne Loriod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingConductor |
Esa-Pekka Salonen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent Nagano NERFINISHED ⓘ Riccardo Chailly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature |
extensive percussion
ⓘ
large orchestra ⓘ ondes Martenot NERFINISHED ⓘ piano solo ⓘ |
| partOf | Tristan-inspired works of Olivier Messiaen ⓘ |
| period | post-war modernism ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1949-12-02 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | 10 movements ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
complex rhythms
ⓘ
exuberant character ⓘ lush harmonies ⓘ |
| theme |
love
ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ |
| titleMeaningAccordingToComposer | song of love and joy ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
additive rhythms
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modes of limited transposition ⓘ rhythmic augmentation and diminution ⓘ |
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