Pictures at an Exhibition
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Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by an art exhibition and later widely known through orchestral arrangements, especially Maurice Ravel’s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pictures at an Exhibition canonical | 2 |
| Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6984588 — 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: Pictures at an Exhibition Context triple: [Modest Mussorgsky, notableWork, Pictures at an Exhibition]
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A.
Boléro
Boléro is a famous orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, renowned for its hypnotic repeating melody and gradual, relentless crescendo.
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B.
Scythian Suite
Scythian Suite is a vivid, rhythmically intense orchestral work by Sergei Prokofiev, inspired by ancient Scythian legends and noted for its bold harmonies and powerful orchestration.
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C.
Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf is a 1936 musical symphony and narrated fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev that introduces children to the instruments of the orchestra through a story about a boy who captures a wolf.
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D.
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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E.
Three Musicians
Three Musicians is a famous 1921 Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso depicting three abstracted, brightly colored figures playing musical instruments.
- 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: Pictures at an Exhibition Target entity description: Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by an art exhibition and later widely known through orchestral arrangements, especially Maurice Ravel’s.
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A.
Boléro
Boléro is a famous orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, renowned for its hypnotic repeating melody and gradual, relentless crescendo.
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B.
Scythian Suite
Scythian Suite is a vivid, rhythmically intense orchestral work by Sergei Prokofiev, inspired by ancient Scythian legends and noted for its bold harmonies and powerful orchestration.
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C.
Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf is a 1936 musical symphony and narrated fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev that introduces children to the instruments of the orchestra through a story about a boy who captures a wolf.
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D.
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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E.
Three Musicians
Three Musicians is a famous 1921 Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso depicting three abstracted, brightly colored figures playing musical instruments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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piano suite ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Kartinki s vystavki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorksBy | Viktor Hartmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | without opus number ⓘ |
| composer | Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateCompleted | 1874-06-22 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Vladimir Stasov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1886 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | W. Bessel & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| hasOrchestralVersion |
Pictures at an Exhibition (Emerson, Lake & Palmer rock adaptation)
NERFINISHED
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Henry Wood orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Leopold Stokowski orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Sergei Gorchakov orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Vladimir Ashkenazy orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
NERFINISHED
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Bydło NERFINISHED ⓘ Catacombs ⓘ Cum mortuis in lingua mortua ⓘ Gnomus NERFINISHED ⓘ Limoges, the Market NERFINISHED ⓘ Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ Promenade (recurring theme) NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Gate of Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hut on Fowl’s Legs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuileries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecording | numerous piano and orchestral recordings ⓘ |
| influenced | orchestral repertoire through Ravel’s arrangement ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | art exhibition of Viktor Hartmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | various keys ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movementOrder | Promenade – Gnomus – Promenade – The Old Castle – Promenade – Tuileries – Bydło – Promenade – Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks – Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle – Promenade – Limoges, the Market – Catacombs – Cum mortuis in lingua mortua – The Hut on Fowl’s Legs – The Great Gate of Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableArrangementBy | Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableArrangementType | orchestral arrangement ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
programmatic depiction of paintings and drawings
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recurring Promenade theme linking movements ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 10 ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| placeComposed | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prominentKeyOfFinalMovement | E-flat major ⓘ |
| structure | suite of movements ⓘ |
| style | Romantic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | imaginary tour of an art exhibition ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1874 ⓘ |
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Subject: Pictures at an Exhibition Description of subject: Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by an art exhibition and later widely known through orchestral arrangements, especially Maurice Ravel’s.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky