(1) Shostakovich String Quartet Flashcards

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What instruments are used in Shostakovich’s String Quartet?

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Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Violincello
- everything is arco
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Describe the textures used in Shostakovich’s String Quartet.

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Monophonic
Imitation used bars 1-8
2 part texture
4 part texture often
Drone
Octaves bar 11 between violins
Homophonic writing
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Describe the structure used in Shostakovich’s String Quartet?

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Intro- bars 1-11
A- bars 11-27
B- bars 28-49
C- bars 50-85
Bv- bars 86-104
Av- bars 104-126
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What is the tonality and harmony like Shostakovich’s String Quartet?

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Key of C minor but ambiguous at start
All 12 semitones in bars 1-7
G maj in bar 25
C in bass for first time bar 26
Fb and Eb used bar 33- unclear key
Bar 57- Db (f min? Flattened supertonic? Neopolitan harmony?)
Perfect cadence bar 84
Chord III bar 118
C and G pedal bar 28
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What is the melody like in Shostakovich’s String Quartet?

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Conjunct
Stepwise and scalic (bars- 67-70)
Chromatic bars 28-30
Descending min 3rds bar 32
DSCH motif bars 1-11
First symphony quotes bar 16 and 109
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Describe the rhythm and metre in Shostakovich’s String Quartet.

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4/4 simple quadruple time
Minim=63
Simple rhythms
Syncopation uncommon
Cello rhythm (3 minims, 1 dotted minim, 1 crotchet)
3 bar phrases
Augmentation (bar 79-83)
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