“Das himmlische Leben”
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“Das himmlische Leben” is a song from Des Knaben Wunderhorn that depicts a childlike, idyllic vision of heaven and served as the textual and thematic basis for the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Das himmlische Leben” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8857106 — 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: “Das himmlische Leben” Context triple: [Symphony No. 4 in G major, finaleTextSource, “Das himmlische Leben”]
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A.
The Word of Life
The Word of Life is a large mural on the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame, popularly known as "Touchdown Jesus" for its depiction of Christ with raised arms resembling a football referee’s touchdown signal.
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B.
“On Earth as It Is in Heaven”
“On Earth as It Is in Heaven” is a choral-orchestral piece by Ennio Morricone, renowned for its soaring, spiritual theme that underscores the emotional and religious drama of the film *The Mission*.
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C.
Here and Heaven
"Here and Heaven" is a collaborative acoustic track blending classical, bluegrass, and folk influences, performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile on their genre-crossing album The Goat Rodeo Sessions.
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D.
The Life
"The Life" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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E.
Dream of Life
Dream of Life is a 1988 studio album by American musician and poet Patti Smith, marking her return to recording after a long hiatus and featuring the song "People Have the Power."
- 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: “Das himmlische Leben” Target entity description: “Das himmlische Leben” is a song from Des Knaben Wunderhorn that depicts a childlike, idyllic vision of heaven and served as the textual and thematic basis for the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony.
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A.
The Word of Life
The Word of Life is a large mural on the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame, popularly known as "Touchdown Jesus" for its depiction of Christ with raised arms resembling a football referee’s touchdown signal.
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B.
“On Earth as It Is in Heaven”
“On Earth as It Is in Heaven” is a choral-orchestral piece by Ennio Morricone, renowned for its soaring, spiritual theme that underscores the emotional and religious drama of the film *The Mission*.
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C.
Here and Heaven
"Here and Heaven" is a collaborative acoustic track blending classical, bluegrass, and folk influences, performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile on their genre-crossing album The Goat Rodeo Sessions.
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D.
The Life
"The Life" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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E.
Dream of Life
Dream of Life is a 1988 studio album by American musician and poet Patti Smith, marking her return to recording after a long hiatus and featuring the song "People Have the Power."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedComposer | Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Austrian late-Romantic music ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| depicts |
childlike vision of heaven
ⓘ
idyllic vision of heaven ⓘ |
| describes |
heavenly feasts and abundance
ⓘ
joyful, carefree afterlife ⓘ |
| genre |
orchestral song
ⓘ
vocal music ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song (in its lied form) ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | voice and orchestra ⓘ |
| hasKeyRoleIn | structure of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
| hasMood |
innocent
ⓘ
pastoral ⓘ serene ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | child narrator ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
childhood innocence
ⓘ
heaven ⓘ naive spirituality ⓘ |
| hasVocalForces |
solo voice
ⓘ
soprano (in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony) ⓘ |
| influenced | overall conception of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Mahler’s Wunderhorn songs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementOf | finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its naive, childlike depiction of the afterlife
ⓘ
serving as the basis of the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
| partOf | Des Knaben Wunderhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | late Romantic ⓘ |
| textCollectionType | folk poetry collection (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) ⓘ |
| textLanguage | German ⓘ |
| textSource | Des Knaben Wunderhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textType | poem ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| translationOfTitle | The Heavenly Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
textual basis for the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
ⓘ
thematic basis for the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Das himmlische Leben” Description of subject: “Das himmlische Leben” is a song from Des Knaben Wunderhorn that depicts a childlike, idyllic vision of heaven and served as the textual and thematic basis for the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.