String Quartet No. 13 (Shostakovich)
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Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138, was first conceived in 1969, and completed in 1970 as Shostakovich was undergoing treatment at an orthopedic clinic in Kurgan.
The work consists of one movement:
- Adagio — Doppio movimento — Tempo primo
Playing time is approximately 19 minutes.
The piece was dedicated to Vadim Borisovsky, violist of the Beethoven Quartet, and the viola is accordingly given a prominent role in the piece. The quartet opens with a twelve-tone row played on the viola, and concludes with a long viola solo in the high register. The work also requires the players to tap on the bodies of their instruments with their bows at several points; such techniques had become almost commonplace in the West by this time, but were not typically used in Soviet music of this period.[1]
References[]
- Matthew-Walker, Robert (2002). Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 11, 13 & 15 (PDF) (CD). Hyperion Records. CDA67157. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- (1994). Shostakovich: A Life Remembered. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-04465-1.
External links[]
- "Shostakovich: the string quartets (String Quartet No. 13)". Shostakovich: the string quartets.
- Griffiths, Paul (2012). "Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor for Strings, Op. 138". Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre. Archived from the original on 2016-06-21.
- ^ "Notes on Shostakovich's String Quartets, from Saint Paul Sunday". saintpaulsunday.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- String quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1970 compositions
- Compositions in B-flat minor
- Chamber music composition stubs