The String Quartets
The String Quartets

Author: Dmitri Shostakovich

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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String quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49 -- String quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68 -- String quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73 -- String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83 -- String quartet no. 5 in B flat major, op. 92 -- String quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101 -- String quartet no. 7 in F sharp minor, op. 108 -- String quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110 -- String quartet no. 9 in E flat major, op. 117 -- String quartet no. 10 in A flat major, op. 118 -- String quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122 -- String quartet no. 12 in D flat major, op. 133 -- String quartet no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 138 -- String quartet no. 14 in F sharp major, op. 142 -- String quartet no. 15 in E flat minor, op144.

Shostakovich
Shostakovich

Author: Laurel E. Fay

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 9780195182514

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"Shostakovich's life is a fascinating example of the paradoxes of living as an artist under totalitarian rule. Alone among his artistic peers, he survived successive Stalinist cultural purges and won the Stalin Prize five times, yet in 1948 he was dismissed from his conservatory teaching positions, and many of his works were banned from performance. He prudently censored himself, in one case putting aside a work based on Jewish folk poems. Under later regimes he balanced a career as a model Soviet - holding government positions and acting as an international ambassador - with his unflagging artistic ambitions."--Jacket.

The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet

Author: Robin Stowell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-11-13

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9780521000420

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This Companion offers a concise and authoritative survey of the string quartet by eleven chamber music specialists. Its fifteen carefully structured chapters provide coverage of a stimulating range of perspectives previously unavailable in one volume. It focuses on four main areas: the social and musical background to the quartet's development; the most celebrated ensembles; string quartet playing, including aspects of contemporary and historical performing practice; and the mainstream repertory, including significant 'mixed ensemble' compositions involving string quartet. Various musical and pictorial illustrations and informative appendixes, including a chronology of the most significant works, complete this indispensable guide. Written for all string quartet enthusiasts, this Companion will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the genre, the context and significance of quartets as cultural phenomena, and the musical, technical and interpretative problems of chamber music performance. It will also enhance their experience of listening to quartets in performance and on recordings.