String Quartet No. 2 in D minor

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:String_Quartets_by_Smetana
gptkb:Smetana
gptkb:Smetana_String_Quartets
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkbp:cultural_significance reflects post-war sentiments
gptkbp:dedication to the memory of the victims of fascism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label String Quartet No. 2 in D minor
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:Arvo_Pärt
gptkb:Béla_Bartók
gptkb:Philip_Glass
gptkb:Bernstein
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:influences Russian folk music
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:musician
two violins
gptkbp:key D minor
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Allegro
gptkb:Allegro_non_troppo
gptkb:Poco_Allegretto
gptkb:4
gptkb:Adagio
gptkbp:notable_feature emotional depth
complex rhythms
lyrical melodies
use of dissonance
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:Borodin_Quartet
gptkbp:notable_work explores themes of loss
uses motifs from earlier works
contrasts light and dark
reflects personal struggles of the composer
gptkbp:performed_by gptkb:Kronos_Quartet
gptkb:Miro_Quartet
gptkb:Tokyo_String_Quartet
gptkb:Emerson_String_Quartet
approximately 30 minutes
gptkbp:premiere_date 1945
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:DSCH_Publishing
gptkbp:recorded_by gptkb:Ariel_Quartet
gptkb:Guarneri_String_Quartet
gptkb:Chamber_Music_Society_of_Lincoln_Center
gptkb:Cypress_String_Quartet
gptkb:Orpheus_Chamber_Orchestra
gptkb:Danish_String_Quartet
gptkb:Calidore_String_Quartet
gptkb:London_String_Quartet
gptkb:St._Lawrence_String_Quartet
gptkb:Cleveland_Quartet
gptkb:Prazak_Quartet
gptkbp:style modern classical
gptkbp:year_composed gptkb:1944
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