Shostakovich String Quartets

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Shostakovich_String_Quartets

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	musical composition cycle
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkbp:compositionPeriod	1938 1974
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:criticalReception	highly acclaimed considered masterpieces of chamber music
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	gptkb:Alla_Basilevna_Shostakovich gptkb:Elena_Konstantinovskaya gptkb:Memory_of_Ivan_Sollertinsky gptkb:Memory_of_Pyotr_Vilyams gptkb:Memory_of_victims_of_fascism_and_war gptkb:Beethoven_Quartet gptkb:Mstislav_Rostropovich gptkb:Galina_Shostakovich gptkb:Vadim_Borisovsky gptkb:Dmitri_Tsyganov gptkb:Sergei_Shirinsky gptkb:Vasily_Shirinsky Memory of his first wife Nina Varzar members of the Beethoven Quartet
gptkbp:firstQuartet	gptkb:String_Quartet_No._1_in_C_major,_Op._49
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:string_quartet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Shostakovich String Quartets
gptkbp:influenced	contemporary composers 20th-century string quartet repertoire
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Ludwig_van_Beethoven Russian folk music
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:lastQuartet	gptkb:String_Quartet_No._15_in_E-flat_minor,_Op._144
gptkbp:notableFeature	autobiographical elements innovative structure political subtext use of DSCH motif varied emotional range
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:String_Quartet_No._15_in_E-flat_minor,_Op._144 gptkb:String_Quartet_No._3_in_F_major,_Op._73 gptkb:String_Quartet_No._5_in_B-flat_major,_Op._92 gptkb:String_Quartet_No._7_in_F-sharp_minor,_Op._108 gptkb:String_Quartet_No._8_in_C_minor,_Op._110
gptkbp:notablePerformance	Beethoven Quartet premiere of most quartets Borodin Quartet premiere of several quartets
gptkbp:notableRecording	Beethoven Quartet complete cycle Borodin Quartet complete cycle Emerson String Quartet complete cycle Fitzwilliam String Quartet complete cycle
gptkbp:numberOfBooks	15
gptkbp:performedBy	gptkb:Beethoven_Quartet gptkb:Emerson_String_Quartet gptkb:Borodin_Quartet
gptkbp:recordedAt	gptkb:Emerson_String_Quartet gptkb:Borodin_Quartet gptkb:Fitzwilliam_String_Quartet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Alexander_String_Quartet gptkb:Quatuor_Emerson gptkb:Quatuor_Juilliard gptkb:Jerusalem_Quartet
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7