I. Largo - attacca:
II. Allegro molto - attacca:
III. Allegretto - attacca:
IV. Largo - attacca:
V. Largo
II. Allegro molto - attacca:
III. Allegretto - attacca:
IV. Largo - attacca:
V. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 in C minor (Op. 110) was written in three days (12–14 July 1960). It was premiered that year in Leningrad by the Beethoven Quartet.
Composition
The piece was written shortly after two traumatic events in the life of the composer: the first presentation of debilitating muscular weakness that would eventually be diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,[1] and his reluctant joining of the Communist Party. According to the score, it is dedicated "to the victims of fascism and war"; his son, Maxim, interprets this as a reference to the victims of all totalitarianism, while his daughter Galina says that he dedicated it to himself, and that the published dedication was imposed by the Russian authorities. Shostakovich's friend, Lev Lebedinsky, said that Shostakovich thought of the work as his epitaph and that he planned to commit suicide around this time.[2]
The work was written in Dresden, where Shostakovich was to write music for the film Five Days, Five Nights, a joint project by Soviet and East German film-makers about Bombing of Dresden in World War II.
Music
The quartet, extremely compact and focused, is in five interconnected movements and lasts about twenty minutes:
Largo –
Allegro molto –
Allegretto –
Largo –
Largo
The first movement opens with the DSCH motif which was Shostakovich's musical signature. This slow, extremely sad theme can also be heard in his Cello Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 10, Violin Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 15, and Piano Sonata No. 2. The motif is used in every movement of this quartet, and is the basis of the faster theme of the third movement.
The work is filled with quotations of other pieces by Shostakovich: the first movement quotes his Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 5; the second movement uses a Jewish theme first used by Shostakovich in his Piano Trio No. 2; the third movement quotes the Cello Concerto No. 1; and the fourth movement quotes the 19th century revolutionary song "Tormented by Grievous Bondage" and the aria Seryozha, my love from Shostakovich's opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. The fifth contains a play upon a motif also from Lady Macbeth.
It has been transcribed by Rudolf Barshai for string orchestra, in which version it is known as Chamber Symphony in C minor (Op. 110a).
In literature
This quartet is heavily referenced in William T. Vollmann's novel Europe Central, and a central part of that novel discusses its writing and the composer's life under the Soviet system.
Trivia
In the liner notes of the Borodin String Quartet's recording of the quartet in 1962, critic Erik Smith wrote: The Borodin Quartet played this work to the composer at his Moscow home, hoping for his criticisms. But Shostakovich, overwhelmed by this beautiful realisation of his most personal feelings, buried his head in his hands and wept. When they had finished playing, the four musicians quietly packed up their instruments and stole out of the room.
Coplete in:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No._8_%28Shostakovich%29
Composition
The piece was written shortly after two traumatic events in the life of the composer: the first presentation of debilitating muscular weakness that would eventually be diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,[1] and his reluctant joining of the Communist Party. According to the score, it is dedicated "to the victims of fascism and war"; his son, Maxim, interprets this as a reference to the victims of all totalitarianism, while his daughter Galina says that he dedicated it to himself, and that the published dedication was imposed by the Russian authorities. Shostakovich's friend, Lev Lebedinsky, said that Shostakovich thought of the work as his epitaph and that he planned to commit suicide around this time.[2]
The work was written in Dresden, where Shostakovich was to write music for the film Five Days, Five Nights, a joint project by Soviet and East German film-makers about Bombing of Dresden in World War II.
Music
The quartet, extremely compact and focused, is in five interconnected movements and lasts about twenty minutes:
Largo –
Allegro molto –
Allegretto –
Largo –
Largo
The first movement opens with the DSCH motif which was Shostakovich's musical signature. This slow, extremely sad theme can also be heard in his Cello Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 10, Violin Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 15, and Piano Sonata No. 2. The motif is used in every movement of this quartet, and is the basis of the faster theme of the third movement.
The work is filled with quotations of other pieces by Shostakovich: the first movement quotes his Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 5; the second movement uses a Jewish theme first used by Shostakovich in his Piano Trio No. 2; the third movement quotes the Cello Concerto No. 1; and the fourth movement quotes the 19th century revolutionary song "Tormented by Grievous Bondage" and the aria Seryozha, my love from Shostakovich's opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. The fifth contains a play upon a motif also from Lady Macbeth.
It has been transcribed by Rudolf Barshai for string orchestra, in which version it is known as Chamber Symphony in C minor (Op. 110a).
In literature
This quartet is heavily referenced in William T. Vollmann's novel Europe Central, and a central part of that novel discusses its writing and the composer's life under the Soviet system.
Trivia
In the liner notes of the Borodin String Quartet's recording of the quartet in 1962, critic Erik Smith wrote: The Borodin Quartet played this work to the composer at his Moscow home, hoping for his criticisms. But Shostakovich, overwhelmed by this beautiful realisation of his most personal feelings, buried his head in his hands and wept. When they had finished playing, the four musicians quietly packed up their instruments and stole out of the room.
Coplete in:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No._8_%28Shostakovich%29
El cuarteto de cuerdas N° 8 en do menor (op. 110) es una obra de música de cámara compuesta en 1960 por el compositor ruso Dmitri Shostakóvich. Se trata de una de sus obras más conocidas y tocadas, de la cual ciertos temas fueron reutilizados por el compositor en otras obras.
Contexto histórico
Desde 1959, Shostakovich sufría de poliomelitis, así que se dirigió a los alrededores de Dresde, oficialmente para escribir la música de la película Cinco días y cinco noches, extraoficialmente para recibir tratamientos. Impresionado por la vista de la ciudad devastada, dedicó el cuarteto (escrito en tres días del 12 al 14 de julio de 1960) a "las víctimas de la guerra y del fascismo", dentro de las cuales se contaba, según su hija Galina.1
Se le atribuyen a Shostakovich las siguientes citas referentes a ese cuarteto :
« Me dije que después de mi muerte nadie compondría una obra en memoria mía. Así que decidí componer una yo mismo…»2
« El tema principal de ese cuarteto son las notas D. Es. C. H., es decir mis iniciales, y cité algunas de mis obras. ¡Una pequeña antología! »
El cuarteto N° 8 fue estrenado el 2 de octubre de 1960 por el cuarteto Beethoven en Leningrado. Así mismo, fue orquestado por Roudolf Barchaï, en 1967 y renombrado, con el acuerdo de Shostakovich, Sinfonía de Cámara.
Estructura
La ejecución dura aproximadamente 20 minutos en cinco movimientos:
Largo
Allegro molto
Allegretto
Largo
Largo
El monograma musical DSCH predomina netamente, directamente o en transposición; se le yuxtaponen un cierto número de temas tomados de otras obras:
en el primer movimiento, referencias a sus sinfonías N° 1 y N° 8.
en el segundo movimiento, un tema judío enunciado en el trío para piano N° 2.
en el tercer movimiento, el tema del Concierto para Cello N° 1.
en el cuarto movimiento, el tema ruso y el aria "Seryozha mi amor" del tercer acto de la ópera Lady Macbeth del distrito de Mtsensk.
el quinto movimiento también hace referencia a motivos de Lady Macbeth.
Anécdota
Rostropóvich ha contado que regresando de una serie de conciertos, Shostakovich le hizo escuchar una grabación de los ensayos del cuarteto N° 8 por el Cuarteto Beethoven. «Por fin he escrito una obra que quisiera que tocaran durante mi entierro», le habría dicho en lágrimas [cita requerida].
Coplete en:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuarteto_n.%C2%BA_8_%28Shostak%C3%B3vich%29
Contexto histórico
Desde 1959, Shostakovich sufría de poliomelitis, así que se dirigió a los alrededores de Dresde, oficialmente para escribir la música de la película Cinco días y cinco noches, extraoficialmente para recibir tratamientos. Impresionado por la vista de la ciudad devastada, dedicó el cuarteto (escrito en tres días del 12 al 14 de julio de 1960) a "las víctimas de la guerra y del fascismo", dentro de las cuales se contaba, según su hija Galina.1
Se le atribuyen a Shostakovich las siguientes citas referentes a ese cuarteto :
« Me dije que después de mi muerte nadie compondría una obra en memoria mía. Así que decidí componer una yo mismo…»2
« El tema principal de ese cuarteto son las notas D. Es. C. H., es decir mis iniciales, y cité algunas de mis obras. ¡Una pequeña antología! »
El cuarteto N° 8 fue estrenado el 2 de octubre de 1960 por el cuarteto Beethoven en Leningrado. Así mismo, fue orquestado por Roudolf Barchaï, en 1967 y renombrado, con el acuerdo de Shostakovich, Sinfonía de Cámara.
Estructura
La ejecución dura aproximadamente 20 minutos en cinco movimientos:
Largo
Allegro molto
Allegretto
Largo
Largo
El monograma musical DSCH predomina netamente, directamente o en transposición; se le yuxtaponen un cierto número de temas tomados de otras obras:
en el primer movimiento, referencias a sus sinfonías N° 1 y N° 8.
en el segundo movimiento, un tema judío enunciado en el trío para piano N° 2.
en el tercer movimiento, el tema del Concierto para Cello N° 1.
en el cuarto movimiento, el tema ruso y el aria "Seryozha mi amor" del tercer acto de la ópera Lady Macbeth del distrito de Mtsensk.
el quinto movimiento también hace referencia a motivos de Lady Macbeth.
Anécdota
Rostropóvich ha contado que regresando de una serie de conciertos, Shostakovich le hizo escuchar una grabación de los ensayos del cuarteto N° 8 por el Cuarteto Beethoven. «Por fin he escrito una obra que quisiera que tocaran durante mi entierro», le habría dicho en lágrimas [cita requerida].
Coplete en:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuarteto_n.%C2%BA_8_%28Shostak%C3%B3vich%29
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