The work grows from a five note motif: C, D, E flat, B and C sharp, which contains the four pitch-classes of the composer's musical monogram: DSCH (E flat being S and B being H in German). This motif appears in a number of his other string quartets, including the Eighth, as well as his Tenth Symphony.
Date of composition | 1952 |
Premiered | November 1953 in Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Dedicated to | Dedicated to Beethoven Quartet |
Type | String Quartet |
Tonality | B-flat Major |
Catalogue | Op. 92 |
Approx. duration | 30 minutes |
Instruments | String Quartet |
Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: Quatuor à cordes n°5 en si bémol majeur, Op. 92 Dmitrij Šostakovič: Quartetto d'archi n. 5 in si bemolle maggiore, Op. 92 Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Streichquartett Nr. 5 B-dur, Op. 92 |