Dmitri Shostakovich in Russia - 1939
from Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times, page 83:
After the Fifth Symphony, I turned once more to the cinema and wrote the music for the film The Man with a Gun, produced by Sergei Yutkevich. / After this I wrote my First String Quartet. I began it with no particular thoughts or feelings, and thought that nothing would come of it. For the quartet is one of the most difficult musical genres. But soon the work took a proper hold of me. It turned out to be gay, jolly and lyrical, and I entitled it the ‘Springtime’ Quartet. I was very… more >>
Dmitri Shostakovich, and L. Grigoryev and Ya. Platek (ed.), Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times (Moscow, 1981), p. 83. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451587708396 accessed: 6 October, 2024
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'Springtime' Quartet
written by Dmitri Shostakovich |
performed by Beethoven Quartet |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1939 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
'Vechernaya Moskva', 11 Dec., 1940.