Max Reger
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Max Reger was a German late-Romantic composer, organist, and conductor known for his complex contrapuntal works and significant contributions to organ and chamber music.
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| Max Reger canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Reger Context triple: [Breitkopf & Härtel, hasPublishedWorksBy, Max Reger]
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A.
Hans Pfitzner
Hans Pfitzner was a German late-Romantic composer and conductor best known for his opera "Palestrina" and his conservative, anti-modernist musical views.
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B.
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch was an Austrian-born composer and influential modernist known for his innovative chamber music, choral works, and film scores, who later became an important musical figure in the United States.
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C.
Joachim Raff
Joachim Raff was a 19th-century German-Swiss composer and influential music educator known for his symphonies, chamber works, and role in shaping Romantic-era musical training.
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D.
Max Bruch
Max Bruch was a German Romantic composer and conductor best known for his richly melodic violin works, especially the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor.
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E.
Carl Reinecke
Carl Reinecke was a 19th-century German composer, conductor, pianist, and influential music educator associated with the Leipzig Conservatory.
- 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: Max Reger Target entity description: Max Reger was a German late-Romantic composer, organist, and conductor known for his complex contrapuntal works and significant contributions to organ and chamber music.
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A.
Hans Pfitzner
Hans Pfitzner was a German late-Romantic composer and conductor best known for his opera "Palestrina" and his conservative, anti-modernist musical views.
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B.
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch was an Austrian-born composer and influential modernist known for his innovative chamber music, choral works, and film scores, who later became an important musical figure in the United States.
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C.
Joachim Raff
Joachim Raff was a 19th-century German-Swiss composer and influential music educator known for his symphonies, chamber works, and role in shaping Romantic-era musical training.
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D.
Max Bruch
Max Bruch was a German Romantic composer and conductor best known for his richly melodic violin works, especially the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor.
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E.
Carl Reinecke
Carl Reinecke was a 19th-century German composer, conductor, pianist, and influential music educator associated with the Leipzig Conservatory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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conductor ⓘ human ⓘ music theorist ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| birthName | Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
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Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1873-03-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1916-05-11 ⓘ |
| employer |
Leipzig Conservatory
NERFINISHED
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University of Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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choral music ⓘ classical music ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ organ music ⓘ |
| givenName |
Baptist
NERFINISHED
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Johann ⓘ Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximilian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Johann Sebastian Bach
NERFINISHED
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Johannes Brahms NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| movement | late Romantic music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex contrapuntal writing
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significant contributions to chamber music ⓘ significant contributions to organ repertoire ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Böcklin Suite, Op. 128
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Clarinet Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 49 No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarinet Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 49 No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebbel Requiem, Op. 144b NERFINISHED ⓘ Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor, Op. 127 NERFINISHED ⓘ Organ Fantasia and Fugue on BACH, Op. 46 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 114 NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ Requiem, Op. 144b NERFINISHED ⓘ Serenade for flute, violin and viola, Op. 77a NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet in D minor, Op. 74 NERFINISHED ⓘ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Hiller, Op. 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ music teacher ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brand, Bavaria
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of Saxony
NERFINISHED
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Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfWork |
Leipzig
NERFINISHED
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Meiningen NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
music director of the court orchestra in Meiningen
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professor of composition ⓘ |
| spouse | Elsa von Bercken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf | Hugo Riemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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