Passacaglia, Op. 1
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Passacaglia, Op. 1 is Anton Webern’s early orchestral masterpiece that bridges late-Romantic lushness with the emerging modernist style that would define his later work.
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| Passacaglia, Op. 1 canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Passacaglia, Op. 1 Context triple: [Anton Webern, notableWork, Passacaglia, Op. 1]
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A.
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161 is a renowned organ composition by Dieterich Buxtehude, celebrated as one of the most important and influential works of the North German Baroque repertoire.
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B.
Élégie in C minor, Op. 24
Élégie in C minor, Op. 24 is a lyrical and melancholic piece for cello and piano by French composer Gabriel Fauré, often celebrated as one of his most expressive and popular chamber works.
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Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 is Gabriel Fauré’s serene and lyrical setting of the Catholic Mass for the Dead, renowned for its gentle, consolatory character and enduring place in the choral repertoire.
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D.
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 is a monumental and highly complex late string quartet movement by Ludwig van Beethoven, renowned for its intense contrapuntal writing and ahead-of-its-time modernity.
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E.
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 is a virtuosic concert work for piano and orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff that famously transforms Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 into a series of inventive variations.
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- 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: Passacaglia, Op. 1 Target entity description: Passacaglia, Op. 1 is Anton Webern’s early orchestral masterpiece that bridges late-Romantic lushness with the emerging modernist style that would define his later work.
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A.
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161 is a renowned organ composition by Dieterich Buxtehude, celebrated as one of the most important and influential works of the North German Baroque repertoire.
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B.
Élégie in C minor, Op. 24
Élégie in C minor, Op. 24 is a lyrical and melancholic piece for cello and piano by French composer Gabriel Fauré, often celebrated as one of his most expressive and popular chamber works.
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C.
Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 is Gabriel Fauré’s serene and lyrical setting of the Catholic Mass for the Dead, renowned for its gentle, consolatory character and enduring place in the choral repertoire.
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D.
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 is a monumental and highly complex late string quartet movement by Ludwig van Beethoven, renowned for its intense contrapuntal writing and ahead-of-its-time modernity.
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E.
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 is a virtuosic concert work for piano and orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff that famously transforms Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 into a series of inventive variations.
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Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral composition
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passacaglia ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Second Viennese School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToComposerCatalogue | Anton Webern works with opus numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Webern Op. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Anton Webern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| compositionDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 10 minutes ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1909 ⓘ |
| form | passacaglia ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasThematicMaterial |
ground bass
ⓘ
repeated bass line ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th-century Vienna ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gustav Mahler
NERFINISHED
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Johannes Brahms NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inKeyFamily | minor key ⓘ |
| key | D minor ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movementCount | 1 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Webern’s first published work with opus number
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bridging late-Romantic and modernist styles ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 1 ⓘ |
| orchestration | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| partOf | early works of Anton Webern ⓘ |
| period | late Romantic ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedMovement | Second Viennese School modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer | Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | theme and variations ⓘ |
| style |
early modernist
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late-Romantic ⓘ |
| title | Passacaglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechniques |
chromatic harmony
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motivic development ⓘ orchestral coloristic effects ⓘ |
| workNumbering | 1 ⓘ |
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