Shostakovich
Subtitle: String Quartet No. 8 (Landmarks in Music Since 1950) (Landmarks in Music Since 1950) (Landmarks in Music Since 1950)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: August 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780754606994
Subjects: 20th century music; Chamber ensembles; String quartets; Music; C minor; strings,; Music/Songbooks; Shostakovich, DmitriÃ¦i Dmitrievich,; Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrie; Genres & Styles - Chamber; Analysis, appreciation; no. 8, op. 110,; Genres & Styles - Classical; 1906-1975; 1906-1975; Quartets,; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich,
First sentence: By most conceivable methods of measurement Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet may be said to enjoy extraordinary esteem: extraordinary, certainly, for a concert work from the second half of the twentieth century.