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String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138

Dmitri Shostakovich · 1906–1975 · Russian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the viola part
MinorSlowDarkDramaticWell-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Viola
Form
Full work
Length
About 20 min
Composed
1970
Era
20th century

Notes

One movement; the viola opens and leads; knocking on the instruments; dedicated to Vadim Borisovsky

About this work

Composed
1969-70
Dedicated to
Vadim Borisovsky
First performed
1970/12/13 in Saint Petersburg, Philharmonic of Leningrad (Small Hall); Beethoven Quartet
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