Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7, Op.108

Overview

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor (Op. 108) was composed in February and March 1960 in memory of his first wife Nina Vassilyevna Varzar, who died in December 1954.

Introduction

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor (Op. 108) was composed in February and March 1960 in memory of his first wife Nina Vassilyevna Varzar, who died in December 1954. It was premiered in Leningrad by the Beethoven Quartet on 15 May 1960. It consists of three movements, performed without a break:

Allegretto -
Lento -
Allegro - Allegretto - [Adagio]

At around 13 minutes it is Shostakovich's shortest quartet.

Info

Composer： Shostakovich 1960
Opus/Catalogue Number：Op. 108
Duration: 0:13:00 ( Average )
Genre ：String Quartet

Artist

Mozart 1756.1.27
Chopin 1810.2.22
Tchaikovsky 1840.5.7
Vivaldi 1678.3.4
Beethoven 1770.12.17
Bach 1685.3.21
Handel 1685.2.23
Brahms 1833.5.7
Mahler 1860.7.7
Schubert 1797.1.31
Debussy 1862.8.22
Haydn 1732.3.31

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