Symphony No. 8
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Symphony No. 8 is a commonly used designation for several composers’ eighth symphonies, most famously Franz Schubert’s unfinished Symphony in B minor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Symphony No. 8 canonical | 2 |
| Sinfonie Nr. 8 in h-Moll | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9214291 — 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: Symphony No. 8 Context triple: [Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", numberInCatalogue, Symphony No. 8]
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Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 8 is a mid-20th-century symphonic work by British composer Malcolm Arnold, noted for its vivid orchestration and contrasting emotional character.
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Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 8 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, reflecting his distinctive modernist style and often programmatic, historically informed approach to symphonic writing.
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Symphony No. 8 in D minor
Symphony No. 8 in D minor is a mid-20th-century symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, noted for its inventive orchestration and exploration of varied percussion and timbral effects.
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Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Symphony No. 8 in C minor is Anton Bruckner’s monumental late-Romantic symphony, renowned for its vast scale, complex structure, and profound spiritual intensity.
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Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major
Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major is a large-scale orchestral work, best known as the successor to its composer’s Seventh Symphony and typically noted for its expansive structure and rich harmonic language.
- 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: Symphony No. 8 Target entity description: Symphony No. 8 is a commonly used designation for several composers’ eighth symphonies, most famously Franz Schubert’s unfinished Symphony in B minor.
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A.
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 8 is a mid-20th-century symphonic work by British composer Malcolm Arnold, noted for its vivid orchestration and contrasting emotional character.
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B.
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 8 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, reflecting his distinctive modernist style and often programmatic, historically informed approach to symphonic writing.
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C.
Symphony No. 8 in D minor
Symphony No. 8 in D minor is a mid-20th-century symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, noted for its inventive orchestration and exploration of varied percussion and timbral effects.
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D.
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Symphony No. 8 in C minor is Anton Bruckner’s monumental late-Romantic symphony, renowned for its vast scale, complex structure, and profound spiritual intensity.
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Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major
Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major is a large-scale orchestral work, best known as the successor to its composer’s Seventh Symphony and typically noted for its expansive structure and rich harmonic language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work designation
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symphony number ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Eighth Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | VIII in Roman numerals ⓘ |
| field | classical music ⓘ |
| hasKeyVariant |
B minor (Schubert)
NERFINISHED
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C minor (Bruckner) NERFINISHED ⓘ C minor (Shostakovich) NERFINISHED ⓘ C minor (Villa-Lobos) ⓘ D minor (Vaughan Williams) NERFINISHED ⓘ E minor (Prokofiev) NERFINISHED ⓘ E-flat major (Glazunov) NERFINISHED ⓘ E-flat major (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ F major (Beethoven) ⓘ G major (Dvořák) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfDesignation | English ⓘ |
| mostFamousAssociation | Schubert’s "Unfinished" Symphony in B minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namingConvention | numbering of symphonies by composition order or publication order ⓘ |
| notableExample | Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ordinalPosition | 8 ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Alexander Glazunov’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major
NERFINISHED
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Allan Pettersson’s Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 in C minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G major NERFINISHED ⓘ Aulis Sallinen’s Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ David Maslanka’s Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 in C minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Symphony No. 8 "The Journey" NERFINISHED ⓘ Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major NERFINISHED ⓘ Hans Werner Henze’s Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Havergal Brian’s Symphony No. 8 in B-flat minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Symphony No. 8 in C minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 8 (unfinished, lost) NERFINISHED ⓘ Krzysztof Penderecki’s Symphony No. 8 "Lieder der Vergänglichkeit" NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F major NERFINISHED ⓘ Malcolm Arnold’s Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Miaskovsky’s Symphony No. 8 in A major NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Myaskovsky’s Symphony No. 8 in A major NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 8 in D minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 8 in E minor NERFINISHED ⓘ William Schuman’s Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation | orchestra ⓘ |
| usedBy | multiple composers ⓘ |
| workType | multi-movement orchestral composition ⓘ |
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Subject: Symphony No. 8 Description of subject: Symphony No. 8 is a commonly used designation for several composers’ eighth symphonies, most famously Franz Schubert’s unfinished Symphony in B minor.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Sinfonie Nr. 8 in h-Moll