Johannes Kreisler
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Johannes Kreisler is a fictional, eccentric musician created by E. T. A. Hoffmann, often portrayed as a tormented Romantic artist and serving as an inspiration for various musical and literary works.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johannes Kreisler canonical | 3 |
| E. T. A. Hoffmann’s character Johannes Kreisler | 1 |
| Veit Pogner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8468721 — 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: Johannes Kreisler Context triple: [Kreisleriana, Op. 16, inspiredBy, Johannes Kreisler]
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Ernst Schwarz
Ernst Schwarz was a German zoologist and mammalogist best known for recognizing and scientifically describing the bonobo as a distinct great ape species.
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Alfred Koerner
Alfred Koerner was an architect known for his work on the Berlin Botanical Garden.
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Gustav Weiss
Gustav Weiss is a relatively obscure individual whose name is noted primarily as a recorded bearer of the surname Weiss.
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Rudolph Schnaubelt
Rudolph Schnaubelt was a German-American anarchist best known as a suspected participant in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
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Leopold Voss
Leopold Voss was a 19th-century German publisher known for issuing influential scientific and academic works, including major texts in physiology and optics.
- 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: Johannes Kreisler Target entity description: Johannes Kreisler is a fictional, eccentric musician created by E. T. A. Hoffmann, often portrayed as a tormented Romantic artist and serving as an inspiration for various musical and literary works.
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A.
Ernst Schwarz
Ernst Schwarz was a German zoologist and mammalogist best known for recognizing and scientifically describing the bonobo as a distinct great ape species.
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B.
Alfred Koerner
Alfred Koerner was an architect known for his work on the Berlin Botanical Garden.
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C.
Gustav Weiss
Gustav Weiss is a relatively obscure individual whose name is noted primarily as a recorded bearer of the surname Weiss.
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D.
Rudolph Schnaubelt
Rudolph Schnaubelt was a German-American anarchist best known as a suspected participant in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
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E.
Leopold Voss
Leopold Voss was a 19th-century German publisher known for issuing influential scientific and academic works, including major texts in physiology and optics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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fictional musician ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier
NERFINISHED
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Johannes Kreisler, des Kapellmeisters musikalische Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ Kreisleriana NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebensansichten des Katers Murr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
artistic madness
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conflict between art and society ⓘ creative suffering ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
German Romantic literature
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piano music of Robert Schumann ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
eccentric
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tormented ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | E. T. A. Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalReception | considered a key Romantic artist figure in German literature ⓘ |
| fictionalArtForm |
classical music
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keyboard performance ⓘ |
| fictionalEra | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | protagonist in multiple Hoffmann stories ⓘ |
| firstPublisherOfWork | E. T. A. Hoffmann’s literary publications in German periodicals ⓘ |
| genre | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Romantic literary character types
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Romantic music aesthetics ⓘ |
| inspiredComposer | Robert Schumann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredConcept | Romantic artist archetype ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Carnaval, Op. 9 (character conceptually related)
NERFINISHED
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Kreisleriana (Robert Schumann) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| literaryRole | alter ego of E. T. A. Hoffmann ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of Romantic irony
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self-reflexive commentary on art ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | German ⓘ |
| occupation | musician ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | Kapellmeister (music director) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| psychologicalProfile |
hypersensitive artist
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melancholic ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Doppelgänger motif in Romanticism ⓘ |
| relatedTo | E. T. A. Hoffmann’s own career as a musician ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Johannes Kreisler Description of subject: Johannes Kreisler is a fictional, eccentric musician created by E. T. A. Hoffmann, often portrayed as a tormented Romantic artist and serving as an inspiration for various musical and literary works.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
subject surface form:
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
this entity surface form:
E. T. A. Hoffmann’s character Johannes Kreisler
subject surface form:
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
this entity surface form:
Veit Pogner