String Quartet No. 8
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String Quartet No. 8 is one of Dmitri Shostakovich’s most famous and emotionally intense chamber works, often interpreted as a deeply personal and autobiographical composition.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber music composition
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string quartet ⓘ |
| arrangedBy | Rudolf Barshai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Soviet-era political context
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autobiographical interpretation ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 110 ⓘ |
| composer | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Victims of Fascism and War ⓘ |
| emotionalCharacter |
introspective
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tragic ⓘ |
| genre | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| hasArrangement | Chamber Symphony Op. 110a NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAutographDedication | In memory of the victims of fascism and war ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
cello
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two violins ⓘ viola ⓘ |
| key | C minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Russian ⓘ |
| movement |
Allegretto (third movement)
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Allegro molto (second movement) ⓘ Largo (fifth movement) ⓘ Largo (first movement) ⓘ Largo (fourth movement) ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous performance without long breaks between movements
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cyclical structure ⓘ extensive self-quotation from earlier works by Shostakovich ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 5 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Струнный квартет № 8 c-moll, соч. 110 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shostakovich string quartets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | Eighth string quartet by Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePerformer | Beethoven Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| quotedWork |
Cello Concerto No. 1
NERFINISHED
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Piano Trio No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | modernist ⓘ |
| tempoMarkingFifthMovement | Largo ⓘ |
| tempoMarkingFirstMovement | Largo ⓘ |
| tempoMarkingFourthMovement | Largo ⓘ |
| tempoMarkingSecondMovement | Allegro molto ⓘ |
| tempoMarkingThirdMovement | Allegretto ⓘ |
| usesMotif | DSCH motif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| widelyRegardedAs |
one of Shostakovich’s most famous chamber works
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one of the most frequently performed 20th-century string quartets ⓘ |
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