7
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
Dmitri Shostakovich · 1906–1975 · Russian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 17 min
- Composed
- 1966
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Seven short movements played without a break; dedicated to the memory of Vasily Shirinsky
About this work
- Composed
- 1966
- Dedicated to
- In memory of Vasily Shirinsky
- First performed
- 1966/05/28
- Introduction: Andantino
- Scherzo: Allegretto
- Recitative: Adagio
- Etude: Allegro
- Humoresque: Allegro
- Elegy: Adagio
- Finale: Moderato – Meno mosso – Moderato
A step before · level 6
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor ("For Jean on Her Birthday")
Ralph Vaughan Williams
2 violins, viola, cello
21 min
6balanced