String Quartet No. 5 (Shostakovich)
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major (Op. 92) was composed in autumn 1952. It was premiered in Leningrad in November 1953 by the Beethoven Quartet, to whom it is dedicated.[1]
Contents
Structure
It consists of three movements, performed without a break:
- Allegro non troppo -
- Andante - Andantino - Andante - Andantino - Andante -
- Moderato - Allegretto - Andante
Playing time is approximately 30 minutes.
The work grows from a five note motif: C, D, E flat, B and C sharp, which contains the four pitch-classes of the composer's musical monogram: DSCH (E flat being S and B being H in German). This motif appears in a number of his other string quartets, including the Eighth, as well as his Tenth Symphony.[2]
Notes
References
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