Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
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Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is an orchestral concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn inspired by Goethe’s poems about maritime travel.
All labels observed (1)
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| Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Context triple: [Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave", relatedWorkByComposer, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage]
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A.
Ships in a Calm
Ships in a Calm is a serene 17th-century maritime painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, celebrated for its meticulous detail and atmospheric depiction of ships at rest.
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B.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
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C.
Blessing of the Fleet
Blessing of the Fleet is an annual maritime religious and cultural celebration in Biloxi, Mississippi, in which local fishing vessels are blessed for safety and a bountiful season.
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D.
Jewel of the Port
Jewel of the Port is a picturesque historic lighthouse on Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio, renowned as a local maritime landmark and symbol of the city’s waterfront.
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E.
Calm Sea with Ships
"Calm Sea with Ships" is a serene 17th-century maritime painting by Dutch artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, depicting vessels on a tranquil sea under a luminous sky.
- 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: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Target entity description: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is an orchestral concert overture by Felix Mendelssohn inspired by Goethe’s poems about maritime travel.
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A.
Ships in a Calm
Ships in a Calm is a serene 17th-century maritime painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, celebrated for its meticulous detail and atmospheric depiction of ships at rest.
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B.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
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C.
Blessing of the Fleet
Blessing of the Fleet is an annual maritime religious and cultural celebration in Biloxi, Mississippi, in which local fishing vessels are blessed for safety and a bountiful season.
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D.
Jewel of the Port
Jewel of the Port is a picturesque historic lighthouse on Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio, renowned as a local maritime landmark and symbol of the city’s waterfront.
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E.
Calm Sea with Ships
"Calm Sea with Ships" is a serene 17th-century maritime painting by Dutch artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, depicting vessels on a tranquil sea under a luminous sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | concert overture ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 10 minutes ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Berlin Singakademie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | MWV P 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateComposed | 1828 ⓘ |
| depicts |
a calm, windless sea
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a successful sea voyage ⓘ the onset of wind and motion ⓘ |
| genre | programmatic overture ⓘ |
| hasKeySection |
transition from calm to storm
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triumphant closing passage ⓘ |
| hasPart |
faster section representing prosperous voyage
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slow introduction representing calm sea ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Goethe's maritime imagery ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Goethe poem "Glückliche Fahrt"
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Goethe poem "Meeresstille" NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | D major ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Berlin Philharmonic
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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 27 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1828-09-07 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture
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Hebrides Overture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedIn | 1828 ⓘ |
| scoredFor | orchestra ⓘ |
| structure | single movement ⓘ |
| style | early Romantic orchestral style ⓘ |
| title | Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
brass
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strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | early orchestral overture of Mendelssohn ⓘ |
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Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
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Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
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