String Quartet No. 10 (Shostakovich)
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Dmitri Shostakovich's
String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major (Op. 118) was composed in 1964. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet
and is dedicated to his close friend Moisei Weinberg.
The work has four movements
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Playing time is approximately 22 minutes.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major (Op. 118) was composed in 1964. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet
Beethoven Quartet
The Beethoven Quartet was founded between 1922 and 1923 by graduates of the Moscow Conservatory: violinists Dmitri Tsyganov and Vasily Shirinsky, violist Vadim Borisovsky and cellist Sergei Shirinsky...
and is dedicated to his close friend Moisei Weinberg.
The work has four movements
Movement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
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- Andante
- Allegretto furioso
- Adagio -
- Allegretto - Andante
Playing time is approximately 22 minutes.