Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 in C minor (Op. 110) was written in three days (12–14 July 1960). Download 163 free sheet music and scores:shostakovich string quartet, Sheet music, scores Quartet.

Game Candy Maker. Red Alert 2 Random Serial Number Class 2000 2082. Contents • • • • • • • • Composition and performances [ ] 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, and his reluctant joining of the. According to the score, it is dedicated 'to the victims of and the '; his son interprets this as a reference to the victims of all, while his daughter Galina says that he dedicated it to himself, and that the published dedication was imposed by the Russian authorities. Graffiti Fonts Pack: Full Version Software.

Shostakovich's friend,, said that Shostakovich thought of the work as his epitaph and that he planned to commit around this time. Rabinowitz has also pointed to covert references to Richard Strauss's in the Eighth Quartet. The work was written in, where Shostakovich was to write music for the film, a joint project by Soviet and East German film-makers about the in.