String Quartet No. 4 (Shostakovich)

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 4 in D major, op. 83, was composed in 1949. It was premiered in Moscow in 1953 and is dedicated to the memory of Pyotr Vilyams (1902–1947), the artist and set designer.

It has four movements:

Playing time is approximately 25 minutes.

This string quartet is notable for the second movement's sustained, passionate first violin part, which rises to ecstatic heights, and also for the suspenseful and complex last movement.

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Shostakovich: the string quartets

Dmitri Shostakovich

Operas and operetta

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Moscow, Cheryomushki
The Nose
Orango (unfinished)
The Big Lightning (unfinished)
The Twelve Chairs (unfinished)
The Gamblers (unfinished)

The New Babylon
Alone
Golden Mountains
Counterplan
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda
The Youth of Maxim
Girl Friends
The Return of Maxim
The Vyborg Side
Friends
The Great Citizen
Zoya
Simple People
The Young Guard
Pirogov
Michurin
Meeting on the Elbe
The Fall of Berlin
Belinsky
The Unforgettable Year 1919
The Gadfly
Five Days, Five Nights
Sofiya Perovskaya
Hamlet
King Lear

Vocal music

Chamber music

String quartets	No. 1 in C major No. 2 in A major No. 3 in F major No. 4 in D major No. 5 in B♭ major No. 6 in G major No. 7 in F♯ minor No. 8 in C minor No. 9 in E♭ major No. 10 in A♭ major No. 11 in F minor No. 12 in D♭ major No. 13 in B♭ minor No. 14 in F♯ major No. 15 in E♭ minor

Other	Cello Sonata in D minor Piano Quintet in G minor Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Quartet Movement in E♭ major (c. 1960s) Viola Sonata Violin Sonata

Piano music

Named for Shostakovich

Portal:Classical music

String quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich

Two Pieces for String Quartet (1931) No. 1 in C major No. 2 in A major No. 3 in F major No. 4 in D major No. 5 in B-flat major No. 6 in G major No. 7 in F-sharp minor No. 8 in C minor Quartet Movement in E-flat major (c. 1960s) No. 9 in E-flat major No. 10 in A-flat major No. 11 in F minor No. 12 in D-flat major No. 13 in B-flat minor No. 14 in F-sharp major No. 15 in E-flat minor

List of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich

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