The String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144, was Dmitri Shostakovich's last quartet. It was completed on 17 May 1974 and premiered in Leningrad by the Taneiev Quartet on 15 November (one of only two Shostakovich quartets not premiered by the Beethoven Quartet). Like most of the composer's late works, it is an introspective meditation on mortality.[citation needed]
| Date of composition | 1974 (It was completed on 17 May 1974) |
| Premiered | 1974, November 15th in Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Type | String Quartet |
| Tonality | E-flat Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 144 |
| Approx. duration | 36 minutes |
| Instruments | String Quartet |
| Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: Quatuor à cordes n°15 en mi bémol mineur, Op. 144 Dmitrij Šostakovič: Quartetto d'archi n. 15 in mi bemolle minore, Op. 144 Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Streichquartett Nr. 15 es-moll, Op. 144 |