Roger Sessions
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Roger Sessions was an influential 20th-century American composer and teacher known for his complex, intellectually rigorous modernist works and significant impact on contemporary classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roger Sessions canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9640254 — 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: Roger Sessions Context triple: [Dimitri Mitropoulos, supportedComposer, Roger Sessions]
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A.
Roger Henderson
Roger Henderson is a central character in the 1961 romantic comedy film "The Pleasure of His Company," known as a charming but unreliable father whose return disrupts his daughter's impending marriage.
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B.
Roger Stevens
Roger Stevens was a prominent British civil servant and diplomat who notably served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds.
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C.
Paul Tazewell
Paul Tazewell is a Tony Award–winning American costume designer renowned for his work on Broadway productions and other major stage and screen projects.
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D.
Arthur Dorman
Arthur Dorman was a British industrialist best known as a co-founder of the major steel and engineering firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd, which played a significant role in bridge building and heavy industry.
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E.
Robert Seaman
Robert Seaman was a wealthy American industrialist and manufacturer who became known as the husband of pioneering journalist Nellie Bly.
- 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: Roger Sessions Target entity description: Roger Sessions was an influential 20th-century American composer and teacher known for his complex, intellectually rigorous modernist works and significant impact on contemporary classical music.
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A.
Roger Henderson
Roger Henderson is a central character in the 1961 romantic comedy film "The Pleasure of His Company," known as a charming but unreliable father whose return disrupts his daughter's impending marriage.
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B.
Roger Stevens
Roger Stevens was a prominent British civil servant and diplomat who notably served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds.
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C.
Paul Tazewell
Paul Tazewell is a Tony Award–winning American costume designer renowned for his work on Broadway productions and other major stage and screen projects.
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D.
Arthur Dorman
Arthur Dorman was a British industrialist best known as a co-founder of the major steel and engineering firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd, which played a significant role in bridge building and heavy industry.
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E.
Robert Seaman
Robert Seaman was a wealthy American industrialist and manufacturer who became known as the husband of pioneering journalist Nellie Bly.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American composer
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ music educator ⓘ music theorist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Medal of Arts
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Pulitzer Prize for Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Roger Huntington Sessions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1896-12-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-03-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Juilliard School
NERFINISHED
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Mannes School of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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choral music ⓘ contemporary classical music ⓘ opera ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ piano music ⓘ |
| influenced |
David Diamond
NERFINISHED
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Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Maxwell Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arnold Schoenberg
NERFINISHED
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Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ Johannes Brahms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Academy of Arts and Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name | Roger Sessions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
David Diamond
NERFINISHED
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Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Maxwell Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Montezuma
NERFINISHED
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Symphony No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Maskers NERFINISHED ⓘ When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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music theorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
atonal music
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serialism ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Roger Sessions Description of subject: Roger Sessions was an influential 20th-century American composer and teacher known for his complex, intellectually rigorous modernist works and significant impact on contemporary classical music.
Referenced by (4)
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