Mieczysław Weinberg
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Mieczysław Weinberg was a Polish-Soviet composer known for his symphonies, chamber music, and close artistic association with Dmitri Shostakovich.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mieczysław Weinberg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8624872 — 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: Mieczysław Weinberg Context triple: [The Cranes Are Flying, composer, Mieczysław Weinberg]
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A.
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Myaskovsky was a prominent Russian and Soviet composer, often called the "father of the Soviet symphony," known for his extensive output of symphonies and chamber works.
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B.
Alexei Shostakov
Alexei Shostakov is a Marvel Comics character, also known as the Red Guardian, who serves as a Soviet counterpart to Captain America and appears as a key figure in Black Widow’s story.
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C.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich was a prominent 20th-century Russian composer known for his symphonies, string quartets, and politically charged works created under the Soviet regime.
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D.
Reinhold Glière
Reinhold Glière was a Russian-Soviet composer and teacher known for his late-Romantic style and influential role in early 20th-century Russian music.
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E.
Pavel Haas
Pavel Haas was a Czech composer of the early 20th century, known for his innovative chamber and orchestral works and his tragic death in the Holocaust.
- 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: Mieczysław Weinberg Target entity description: Mieczysław Weinberg was a Polish-Soviet composer known for his symphonies, chamber music, and close artistic association with Dmitri Shostakovich.
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A.
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Myaskovsky was a prominent Russian and Soviet composer, often called the "father of the Soviet symphony," known for his extensive output of symphonies and chamber works.
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B.
Alexei Shostakov
Alexei Shostakov is a Marvel Comics character, also known as the Red Guardian, who serves as a Soviet counterpart to Captain America and appears as a key figure in Black Widow’s story.
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C.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich was a prominent 20th-century Russian composer known for his symphonies, string quartets, and politically charged works created under the Soviet regime.
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D.
Reinhold Glière
Reinhold Glière was a Russian-Soviet composer and teacher known for his late-Romantic style and influential role in early 20th-century Russian music.
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E.
Pavel Haas
Pavel Haas was a Czech composer of the early 20th century, known for his innovative chamber and orchestral works and his tragic death in the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish composer
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Soviet composer ⓘ classical composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| birthName | Mieczysław Wajnberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Poland
NERFINISHED
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| closeAssociate | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-12-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-02-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Warsaw Conservatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Weinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Shmuel Weinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fledFrom | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fledTo | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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classical music ⓘ film music ⓘ symphonic music ⓘ |
| givenName | Mieczysław NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Polish
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Russian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| motherLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| name |
Mieczysław Weinberg
NERFINISHED
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Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Moishe Weinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chamber music
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film scores ⓘ operas ⓘ string quartets ⓘ symphonies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cello Concerto
NERFINISHED
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Children of the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Music for the film "The Cranes Are Flying" ⓘ Piano Quintet, Op. 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ Portrait ⓘ Requiem, Op. 96 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 12 "In memoriam D. Shostakovich" NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 19 "The Bright May" NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 21 "Kaddish" NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Idiot NERFINISHED ⓘ The Passenger NERFINISHED ⓘ Violin Concerto in G minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStringQuartets | 17 ⓘ |
| numberOfSymphonies | 22 ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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pianist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Moscow ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Moscow ⓘ |
| wroteForInstrument |
cello
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piano ⓘ string quartet ⓘ symphony orchestra ⓘ violin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mieczysław Weinberg Description of subject: Mieczysław Weinberg was a Polish-Soviet composer known for his symphonies, chamber music, and close artistic association with Dmitri Shostakovich.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Cranes Are Flying