The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199
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The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199 is a 20th-century composition by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco for two guitars, inspired by Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and exploring all major and minor keys.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199 Context triple: [Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, wroteWork, The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199]
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A.
Guitar Concerto
Guitar Concerto is a prominent 1951 work for guitar and orchestra by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos that showcases the instrument in a lyrical, virtuosic, and distinctly Brazilian idiom.
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Guitar Concerto
Guitar Concerto is a classical concerto for guitar and orchestra composed by British composer Malcolm Arnold, known for its lyrical melodies and accessible, tonal style.
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C.
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 is one of Johannes Brahms’s late piano collections, renowned for its introspective character and rich Romantic expressiveness.
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D.
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109 is a symphonic poem by Antonín Dvořák based on a Czech folk ballad, notable for its vivid orchestration and narrative, programmatic style.
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E.
Paganini Variations, Op. 35
Paganini Variations, Op. 35 is a virtuosic set of piano variations by Johannes Brahms based on a theme by Niccolò Paganini, renowned for its technical difficulty and inventive treatment of the original melody.
- 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: The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199 Target entity description: The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199 is a 20th-century composition by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco for two guitars, inspired by Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and exploring all major and minor keys.
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A.
Guitar Concerto
Guitar Concerto is a prominent 1951 work for guitar and orchestra by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos that showcases the instrument in a lyrical, virtuosic, and distinctly Brazilian idiom.
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B.
Guitar Concerto
Guitar Concerto is a classical concerto for guitar and orchestra composed by British composer Malcolm Arnold, known for its lyrical melodies and accessible, tonal style.
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C.
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 is one of Johannes Brahms’s late piano collections, renowned for its introspective character and rich Romantic expressiveness.
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D.
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109 is a symphonic poem by Antonín Dvořák based on a Czech folk ballad, notable for its vivid orchestration and narrative, programmatic style.
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E.
Paganini Variations, Op. 35
Paganini Variations, Op. 35 is a virtuosic set of piano variations by Johannes Brahms based on a theme by Niccolò Paganini, renowned for its technical difficulty and inventive treatment of the original melody.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitar composition
ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ |
| basedOnConceptOf | well temperament ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 20th century ⓘ |
| composer | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerStylePeriod | neoclassical ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | guitar duo ⓘ |
| explores |
all major keys
ⓘ
all minor keys ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| hasCatalogueNumber | Op. 199 ⓘ |
| hasComposer | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComposerNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | Baroque keyboard literature ⓘ |
| hasKeyScheme | complete set of major and minor keys ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Well-Tempered Guitars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedByWork | The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Well-Tempered Clavier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredByComposer | Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation | two guitars ⓘ |
| intendedForPerformanceContext | concert performance ⓘ |
| isPartOfComposerOutput | guitar works by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ⓘ |
| keyOrganization | cycle through all major and minor keys ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| musicalForm | cycle of pieces ⓘ |
| numberOfInstruments | 2 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 199 ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| tonalSystem | tonal ⓘ |
| usesCounterpoint | yes ⓘ |
| writtenFor | classical guitar duo ⓘ |
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