String Quartet No. 12 (Shostakovich) Explained

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133, was composed in 1968. It is dedicated to Dmitri Tsyganov, 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:

References

Notes

Sources

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

External links

• Web site: String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133. Cummings. Robert. AllMusic.
• The Soviet Experience: Volume III . Fanning . David . Cedille Records . CD . CDR 90000 138 . 2012 .
• Web site: Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major for Strings, Op. 133 . Griffiths . Paul . The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center . 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150101143244/http://www.shostakovichquartets.com/quartets/page/quartet-no-12 . 2015-01-01 .
• Web site: Shostakovich: the string quartets, Quartet No. 12. Harris. Stephen. Shostakovich: the string quartets. 2014.
• Web site: Lecture on Shostakovich Quartets Nos. 1, 5, 6, & 12. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/1eV7lD9Rw-Y . 2021-12-19 . live. Parloff. Michael. YouTube. 25 March 2013.