String Quartet No. 10 (Shostakovich)

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118, was composed in 1964. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and is dedicated to his close friend Mieczysław (Moisei) Weinberg.

The work has four movements:

Playing time is approximately 22 minutes.

Dmitri Shostakovich

Operas and operetta

The New Babylon
Alone
Golden Mountains
Counterplan
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda
The Youth of Maxim
Girl Friends
The Return of Maxim
The Vyborg Side
Friends
The Great Citizen
Zoya
Simple People
The Young Guard
Pirogov
Michurin
Meeting on the Elbe
The Fall of Berlin
Belinsky
The Unforgettable Year 1919
The Gadfly
Five Days, Five Nights
Sofiya Perovskaya
Hamlet
King Lear

Vocal music

Chamber music

String quartets	No. 1 in C major No. 2 in A major No. 3 in F major No. 4 in D major No. 5 in B♭ major No. 6 in G major No. 7 in F♯ minor No. 8 in C minor No. 9 in E♭ major No. 10 in A♭ major No. 11 in F minor No. 12 in D♭ major No. 13 in B♭ minor No. 14 in F♯ major No. 15 in E♭ minor

Other	Cello Sonata in D minor Piano Quintet in G minor Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Quartet Movement in E♭ major (c. 1960s) Viola Sonata Violin Sonata

Piano music

Named for Shostakovich

Portal:Classical music

String quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich

Two Pieces for String Quartet (1931) No. 1 in C major No. 2 in A major No. 3 in F major No. 4 in D major No. 5 in B-flat major No. 6 in G major No. 7 in F-sharp minor No. 8 in C minor Quartet Movement in E-flat major (c. 1960s) No. 9 in E-flat major No. 10 in A-flat major No. 11 in F minor No. 12 in D-flat major No. 13 in B-flat minor No. 14 in F-sharp major No. 15 in E-flat minor

List of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich

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