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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:String_Quartet
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Shostakovich_String_Quartet_Cycle
gptkb:Shostakovich_string_quartets
gptkb:Shostakovich_String_Quartets
gptkb:Shostakovich's_string_quartets
gptkb:Shostakovich's_String_Quartets
gptkb:Shostakovich:_String_Quartets
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gptkbp:characteristics
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Introspective and somber mood
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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Mixed reviews
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Post-World War II era
Influence on contemporary composers
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gptkbp:dedicated_to
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Memory of victims
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gptkbp:dedication
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To the memory of the victims of fascism
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gptkbp:duration
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approximately 30 minutes
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gptkbp:first_performance
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gptkb:Leningrad
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Cold War period
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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String Quartet No. 15 in E flat minor, Op. 144
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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Western classical music traditions
Shostakovich's personal life
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gptkbp:influences
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Russian folk music
Personal experiences of the composer
Personal tragedies of Shostakovich
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gptkbp:instrument
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gptkb:musician
2 violins
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gptkbp:key
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E flat minor
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gptkbp:members
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Various string quartets worldwide
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gptkbp:movement
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gptkb:5
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gptkbp:music_style
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Contrapuntal writing
Use of dissonance
String quartet form
Extended techniques for strings
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gptkbp:notable_performance
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String quartets
Performed by the Borodin Quartet
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gptkbp:notable_production
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Part of Shostakovich's string quartet cycle
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gptkbp:notable_recordings
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Performed by the Borodin Quartet
Performed by the Emerson String Quartet
Performed by the Juilliard String Quartet
Performed by the Alban Berg Quartet
Performed by the Takács Quartet
Various interpretations available
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gptkbp:performance
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Chamber music settings
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gptkbp:premiere_date
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gptkb:1974
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gptkbp:premiered_on
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gptkb:1974
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:DSCH_Publishers
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gptkbp:significance
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gptkb:Final_string_quartet_by_Shostakovich
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gptkbp:style
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Modern classical
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gptkbp:themes
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Mortality and loss
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gptkbp:was_marked_by
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a sense of farewell
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gptkbp:year_composed
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gptkb:1974
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