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Norbert Sprongl

Austrian composer (1892-1983)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ1997230 ↗
Source-derived summary

Norbert Sprongl (30 April 1892 – 26 April 1983) was an Austrian composer. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Norbert Sprongl” is austrian composer (1892-1983). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Norbert, Sprongl and Austrian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1892, 1983, 1936—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1892-04-30. For this dossier, Norbert, Sprongl and Austrian is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “austrian composer (1892-1983)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1997230. VIAF identifies the subject as 278614. The Library of Congress control number is n81074648. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1892, 1983 and 1936.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Norbert Sprongl”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Norbert Sprongl primary sources, Norbert Sprongl archive and Norbert research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Norbert Sprongl”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Norbert Sprongl” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.