String Quartet No. 7 (Shostakovich)

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108, was composed in February and March 1960 in memory of his first wife , who died in December 1954. It was premiered in Leningrad by the Beethoven Quartet on 15 May 1960. It consists of three movements, performed without a break: 1. * Allegretto 2. * Lento 3. * Allegro — Allegretto — Adagio At a duration of around 13 minutes it is Shostakovich's shortest quartet. * v * t * e

String Quartet No. 7 (Shostakovich)

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108, was composed in February and March 1960 in memory of his first wife , who died in December 1954. It was premiered in Leningrad by the Beethoven Quartet on 15 May 1960. It consists of three movements, performed without a break: 1. * Allegretto 2. * Lento 3. * Allegro — Allegretto — Adagio At a duration of around 13 minutes it is Shostakovich's shortest quartet. * v * t * e