Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel)
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Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) is a celebrated orchestral suite that transforms Modest Mussorgsky’s original piano cycle into a brilliantly colored, symphonically rich showpiece frequently performed in concert halls worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6984610 — 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 (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) Context triple: [Modest Mussorgsky, workAdapted, Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel)]
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A.
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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B.
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 is a 1945 orchestral work by Benjamin Britten that introduces and showcases the instruments of the symphony orchestra through a set of variations and a fugue on a theme by Henry Purcell.
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C.
Concert for Piano and Orchestra
Concert for Piano and Orchestra is an experimental, indeterminate composition by John Cage that explores chance operations, flexible scoring, and unconventional relationships between soloist, ensemble, and conductor.
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D.
Fantaisie variée for piano and orchestra
Fantaisie variée for piano and orchestra is an early 20th-century concert work by French composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, showcasing her lyrical style and orchestral writing.
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E.
Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade
Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade is a lush, programmatic orchestral work that vividly evokes the tales of the Arabian Nights through colorful orchestration and recurring musical themes.
- 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 (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) Target entity description: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) is a celebrated orchestral suite that transforms Modest Mussorgsky’s original piano cycle into a brilliantly colored, symphonically rich showpiece frequently performed in concert halls worldwide.
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A.
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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B.
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 is a 1945 orchestral work by Benjamin Britten that introduces and showcases the instruments of the symphony orchestra through a set of variations and a fugue on a theme by Henry Purcell.
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C.
Concert for Piano and Orchestra
Concert for Piano and Orchestra is an experimental, indeterminate composition by John Cage that explores chance operations, flexible scoring, and unconventional relationships between soloist, ensemble, and conductor.
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D.
Fantaisie variée for piano and orchestra
Fantaisie variée for piano and orchestra is an early 20th-century concert work by French composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, showcasing her lyrical style and orchestral writing.
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E.
Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade
Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade is a lush, programmatic orchestral work that vividly evokes the tales of the Arabian Nights through colorful orchestration and recurring musical themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | orchestral suite ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tableaux d’une exposition (orchestration de Maurice Ravel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| basedOn | Pictures at an Exhibition (piano cycle) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogCode | M. 43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Serge Koussevitzky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serge Koussevitzky Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dateOfOrchestration | 1922 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Serge Koussevitzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstConductor | Serge Koussevitzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1922-10-19 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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program music ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movement |
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bydło NERFINISHED ⓘ Catacombs NERFINISHED ⓘ Cum mortuis in lingua mortua NERFINISHED ⓘ Gnomus NERFINISHED ⓘ Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Gate of Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Market at Limoges NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuileries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
brilliant orchestration
ⓘ
colorful instrumentation ⓘ |
| originalComposer | Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalWorkCountryOfOrigin | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performancePractice | frequently performed in concert halls worldwide ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Durand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
English horn
NERFINISHED
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French horn NERFINISHED ⓘ bassoon ⓘ celesta ⓘ clarinet ⓘ flute ⓘ harp ⓘ oboe ⓘ percussion ⓘ piccolo ⓘ saxophone ⓘ strings ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ tuba ⓘ |
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Subject: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) Description of subject: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) is a celebrated orchestral suite that transforms Modest Mussorgsky’s original piano cycle into a brilliantly colored, symphonically rich showpiece frequently performed in concert halls worldwide.
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