String Quartet No. 1 in C major

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:String_Quartet_No._2_in_D_major
gptkbp:analysis Widely studied in musicology
gptkbp:characteristics Emotional depth
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:Monarch
Significant in 20th-century music
gptkbp:dedication To the memory of the victims of the Great Purge
gptkbp:duration approximately 25 minutes
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Leningrad
gptkbp:form Sonata form
gptkbp:historical_context Composed during Stalin's regime
By renowned quartets
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label String Quartet No. 1 in C major
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Contemporary_composers
Film music composers
Later string quartets by Shostakovich
gptkbp:influenced_by Western classical music
Russian folk music
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:musician
2 violins
gptkbp:key C major
gptkbp:legacy Continues to be performed today
gptkbp:movement gptkb:5
gptkbp:narrative_theme gptkb:Hope
gptkb:Joy
gptkb:Despair
Sorrow
gptkbp:notable_features Rhythmic complexity
Contrasting themes
Melodic lines
Use of dissonance
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:Borodin_Quartet
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Shostakovich's_string_quartet_cycle
gptkbp:performance Chamber music settings
gptkbp:performed_by gptkb:String_Quartet
Various string quartets
gptkbp:premiere_date 1938
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:DSCH_Publishing
gptkbp:recorded_by Many classical labels
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:String_Quartet_No._2_in_D_major
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._4_in_E_minor
String Quartet No. 3 in F major
String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major
String Quartet No. 6 in G major
gptkbp:significance First of Shostakovich's string quartets
gptkbp:style Modern classical
gptkbp:year_composed 1938