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81String Quartet No. 14 (Shostakovich) — Dmitri Shostakovich s String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major (Op. 142) was composed in 1972 1973. It was dedicated to Sergei Shirinsky, the cellist of the Beethoven Quartet, the ensemble which premiered most of Shostakovich s quartets.It has… …
82String Quartet No. 2 (Shostakovich) — Dmitri Shostakovich s String Quartet No. 2 in A major (Op. 68) was composed in 1944. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and is dedicated to the composer Vissarion Shebalin.The work has four movements: # Overture: Moderato con moto #… …
83String Quartet No. 3 (Shostakovich) — Dmitri Shostakovich s String Quartet No. 3 in F major (Op. 73) was composed in 1946 after his Symphony No. 9 was censured by Soviet authorities. It was premiered in Moscow by the Beethoven Quartet, to whom it is dedicated, in December 1946. The… …
84String Quartet No. 10 (Shostakovich) — 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: # Andante # Allegretto furioso …
85String Quartet No. 12 (Shostakovich) — Dmitri Shostakovich s String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major (Op. 133) was composed in 1968. It is dedicated to Dmitry Tsyganov, the first violin of the Beethoven Quartet.The work consists of two movements: # Moderato Allegretto Moderato… …
86String Quartet No. 1 (Carter) — The First String Quartet by American composer Elliott Carter (1908 ) was written during a year spent in the Arizona desert from 1950 51. To some extent, it can be said that this was his first major breakthrough work as a composer.A primary… …
87String Quartet No. 10 (Dvořák) — Antonín Dvořák wrote his String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major Op. 51 in 1879. It is sometimes nicknamed the Slavonic quartet. It is composed of four movements:# Allegro ma non troppo # Dumka: Andante con moto Vivace # Romanza: Andante con moto # …
88List of string quartet composers — Born before 1800= *Giovanni Battista Sammartini (ca. 1700 ndash;1775): wrote several quartets though as with many early works for the medium some of these could be played equally by a small string orchestra. *Christian Cannabich (1731 ndash;1798) …
89Late String Quartets (Beethoven) — The following set is generally referred to as Beethoven s Late String Quartets, including the Grosse Fuge (which also exists in a piano transcription, opus 134)::*Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major (1825):*Opus 130: String Quartet No …
90List of string quartets by Joseph Haydn — This is a list of string quartets by Joseph Haydn, including the number they are given in Anthony van Hoboken s catalogue of his works. FHE stands for First Haydn Edition. Note that some of the quartets in the standard numbering, here marked… …
