Virgil Thomson
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Virgil Thomson was an influential American composer and critic known for his innovative operas, film scores, and incisive music journalism in the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| Virgil Thomson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6575539 — 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: Virgil Thomson Context triple: [Nadia Boulanger, notableStudent, Virgil Thomson]
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A.
John Harbison
John Harbison is an American composer renowned for his orchestral, chamber, choral, and operatic works, and for his influential role in contemporary classical music.
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B.
Lennox Berkeley
Lennox Berkeley was a 20th-century English composer known for his refined, neoclassical style and contributions to orchestral, choral, and chamber music.
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C.
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber was a prominent 20th-century American composer best known for his lyrical, neo-Romantic works such as "Adagio for Strings."
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D.
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison was an American composer known for blending Western classical traditions with non-Western musical influences, especially Indonesian gamelan.
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E.
Jerome Moross
Jerome Moross was an American composer best known for his sweeping, Americana-infused film scores and concert works, particularly in the Western genre.
- 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: Virgil Thomson Target entity description: Virgil Thomson was an influential American composer and critic known for his innovative operas, film scores, and incisive music journalism in the 20th century.
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A.
John Harbison
John Harbison is an American composer renowned for his orchestral, chamber, choral, and operatic works, and for his influential role in contemporary classical music.
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B.
Lennox Berkeley
Lennox Berkeley was a 20th-century English composer known for his refined, neoclassical style and contributions to orchestral, choral, and chamber music.
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C.
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber was a prominent 20th-century American composer best known for his lyrical, neo-Romantic works such as "Adagio for Strings."
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D.
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison was an American composer known for blending Western classical traditions with non-Western musical influences, especially Indonesian gamelan.
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E.
Jerome Moross
Jerome Moross was an American composer best known for his sweeping, Americana-infused film scores and concert works, particularly in the Western genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American composer
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ music critic ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Gertrude Stein
NERFINISHED
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Pare Lorentz NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Flaherty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composed |
choral works
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orchestral works ⓘ portraits for solo piano ⓘ vocal music ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1896-11-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1989-09-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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New England Conservatory of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | New York Herald Tribune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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film score ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| hasGenre | portrait music ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century music criticism
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American classical music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Erik Satie
NERFINISHED
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French neoclassicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | American modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Four Saints in Three Acts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louisiana Story NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony on a Hymn Tune NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mother of Us All NERFINISHED ⓘ The Plow That Broke the Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ The River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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journalist ⓘ music critic ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kansas City, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| positionHeld | chief music critic of the New York Herald Tribune ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| wrote | music criticism ⓘ |
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Subject: Virgil Thomson Description of subject: Virgil Thomson was an influential American composer and critic known for his innovative operas, film scores, and incisive music journalism in the 20th century.
Referenced by (3)
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