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The Beethoven Quartet was founded in 1923 by graduates of the Moscow Conservatory: violinists Dmitri Tsyganov and Vasily Shirinsky, violist Vadim Borisovsky and cellist Sergei Shirinsky. In the course of its fifty year history, the quartet performed more than six hundred works and recorded more than two hundred Russian and international classical works. From 1938 it collaborated closely with the composer Dmitri Shostakovich and premiered the majority of his string quartets. His third and fifth quartets were dedicated to the Beethoven Quartet, while quartets numbers eleven to fourteen were individually dedicated to each of the members of the quartet. The Moscow Conservatory (МоÑковÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð“Ð¾ÑударÑÑ‚Ð²ÐµÐ½Ð½Ð°Ñ ÐšÐ¾Ð½ÑÐµÑ€Ð²Ð°Ñ‚Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ Ð¸Ð¼. П.И.ЧайковÑкого) is a prominent music school in Russia. ... Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (Russian: , Dmitrij DmitrieviÄ Å ostakoviÄ) (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906–August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ...
The first of his published string quartets, Beethoven'sQuartet in F major was written around 1798 as part of a group of six quartets that were published in 1801 as op.
Bartok's six string quartets are considered among the greatest contributions to the string quartet repertoire since Beethoven, and also among the most important works of the 20th century.
Dvorak concentrated on symmetrical, folk-like themes in the quartet, including elements of the polka in the first movement, a characteristic Slavonic elegy known as the "dumka" in the second and a fast dance type known as the "skoana" in the fourth.
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