String Quartet No. 12 (Shostakovich)

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Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133, was composed in 1968. It is dedicated to , the first violinist of the Beethoven Quartet, which premiered the work in Moscow on June 14.

Structure[]

The work lasts approximately 26 minutes and is in two movements:

The piece contains twelve-tone elements, such as the opening in the cello:

Opening of the first movement in the cello (Play (help·info)) outlines a tone row:^[1]
C F C♭ B♭ D G G♭ E♭ F♭ B A♭ D♭

See also[]

• Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134

References[]

Notes

Sources

• Whittall, Arnold (2008). The Cambridge Introduction to Serialism. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-68200-8.

External links[]

• Cummings, Robert. "String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133". AllMusic.
• Fanning, David (2012). The Soviet Experience: Volume III (PDF) (CD). Cedille Records. CDR 90000 138.
• Griffiths, Paul (2012). "Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major for Strings, Op. 133". The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Archived from the original on 2015-01-01.
• Harris, Stephen (2014). "Shostakovich: the string quartets, Quartet No. 12". Shostakovich: the string quartets.
• Parloff, Michael (25 March 2013). "Lecture on Shostakovich Quartets Nos. 1, 5, 6, & 12". YouTube.

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