The first movement is constructed using sonata allegro form. The first theme appears in the first violin and is often heard interacting with the cello. The second theme is stated in the first violin and then imitated and transformed by the other three instruments. The development is rather long and pulls its material mainly from the first theme. Finally the coda arrives with an acceleration and crescendo, borrowing, once again, the main theme as its material.
| Date of composition | 1946 |
| Premiered | December 1946 |
| Dedicated to | Dedicated to the Beethoven Quartet |
| Type | String Quartet |
| Tonality | F Major |
| Catalogue | Op. 73 |
| Approx. duration | 33 minutes |
| Instruments | String Quartet |
| Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: Quatuor à cordes n°3 en fa majeur, Op. 73 Dmitrij Šostakovič: Quartetto d'archi n. 3 in fa maggiore, Op. 73 Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Streichquartett Nr. 3 F-dur, Op. 73 |