Faust Symphony
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Faust Symphony is a large-scale programmatic symphony by Franz Liszt inspired by Goethe’s "Faust," portraying the characters Faust, Gretchen, and Mephistopheles in three contrasting movements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Faust Symphony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8520573 — 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: Faust Symphony Context triple: [Franz Liszt, notableWork, Faust Symphony]
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A.
Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Berlioz's *La damnation de Faust* is a dramatic legend for soloists, chorus, and orchestra that vividly reimagines Goethe’s Faust through richly orchestrated, theatrical music often performed in concert form.
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B.
Rhenish Symphony
The Rhenish Symphony is Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, a Romantic-era orchestral work inspired by the landscapes and culture of the Rhine region.
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C.
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz's *Symphonie fantastique* is a groundbreaking 1830 Romantic program symphony renowned for its vivid orchestration and dramatic depiction of an artist’s opium-induced visions.
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D.
Austrian Requiem
Austrian Requiem is a memoir by former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg reflecting on the events leading up to Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany and his own political downfall.
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E.
Mendelssohn Lobgesang
Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise), often classified as his Symphony No. 2, is a large-scale choral-symphonic work that combines orchestral movements with vocal solos and chorus to set biblical texts in a celebratory, sacred context.
- 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: Faust Symphony Target entity description: Faust Symphony is a large-scale programmatic symphony by Franz Liszt inspired by Goethe’s "Faust," portraying the characters Faust, Gretchen, and Mephistopheles in three contrasting movements.
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A.
Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Berlioz's *La damnation de Faust* is a dramatic legend for soloists, chorus, and orchestra that vividly reimagines Goethe’s Faust through richly orchestrated, theatrical music often performed in concert form.
-
B.
Rhenish Symphony
The Rhenish Symphony is Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, a Romantic-era orchestral work inspired by the landscapes and culture of the Rhine region.
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C.
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Berlioz's *Symphonie fantastique* is a groundbreaking 1830 Romantic program symphony renowned for its vivid orchestration and dramatic depiction of an artist’s opium-induced visions.
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D.
Austrian Requiem
Austrian Requiem is a memoir by former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg reflecting on the events leading up to Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany and his own political downfall.
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E.
Mendelssohn Lobgesang
Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise), often classified as his Symphony No. 2, is a large-scale choral-symphonic work that combines orchestral movements with vocal solos and chorus to set biblical texts in a celebratory, sacred context.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
programmatic symphony
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symphony ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 75 minutes ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | S.108 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1857 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | 1854 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Hector Berlioz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
chorus
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tenor solo ⓘ |
| firstCompletePerformanceCountry | Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstCompletePerformancePlace | Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Romantic music
ⓘ
program music ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Faust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | C minor ⓘ |
| languageOfSource | German ⓘ |
| literaryBasis |
Goethe’s Faust Part I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Goethe’s Faust Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Faust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gretchen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementOrder |
1. Faust
ⓘ
2. Gretchen ⓘ 3. Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableKeyArea | C major GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large Romantic orchestra ⓘ |
| originalVersion | without choral ending ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInComposerOutput | major orchestral work of Liszt ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1857-06-05 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer | Dante Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedIn | 1857 ⓘ |
| revisedVersion | with tenor solo and male chorus finale ⓘ |
| structureCharacteristic | three character pictures ⓘ |
| style | cyclical form ⓘ |
| subject |
Faust (character)
NERFINISHED
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Gretchen (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mephistopheles (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textSourceForFinale | Chorus mysticus from Goethe’s Faust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses | thematic transformation ⓘ |
| workTitleInGerman | Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Faust Symphony Description of subject: Faust Symphony is a large-scale programmatic symphony by Franz Liszt inspired by Goethe’s "Faust," portraying the characters Faust, Gretchen, and Mephistopheles in three contrasting movements.
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