The work grows from a five-note motif, C–D–E♭–B–C♯, which contains the four pitch-classes of the composer's musical monogram: DSCH (E♭ being Es and B being H in German). This motif appears in a number of his other string quartets, including String Quartet No. 8, the first Violin Concerto, and the Symphony No. 10.[2]
string, quartet, shostakovich, dmitri, shostakovich, string, quartet, flat, major, composed, autumn, 1952, premiered, leningrad, november, 1953, beethoven, quartet, whom, dedicated, contents, structure, notes, references, external, linksstructure, editit, cons. 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 1 Structure 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksStructure editIt 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 B C which contains the four pitch classes of the composer s musical monogram DSCH E being Es and B being H in German This motif appears in a number of his other string quartets including String Quartet No 8 the first Violin Concerto and the Symphony No 10 2 Notes edit Harris 2014 Griffiiths 2012 References editGriffiths Paul 2012 Quartet No 5 in B flat major for Strings Op 92 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Harris Stephen 2014 Shostakovich the string quartets Quartet No 5 Shostakovich the string quartets External links editParloff Michael 25 March 2013 Lecture on Shostakovich Quartets Nos 1 5 6 amp 12 YouTube Archived from the original on 2021 12 19 Portal nbsp Classical Music nbsp This article about a composition for a chamber music group is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title String Quartet No 5 Shostakovich amp oldid 1208210605, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
