String Quartet No. 12

Summary

String Quartet No. 12 is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• String Quartet No. 12's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• String Quartet No. 12's composer is recorded as Dmitri Shostakovich^[4].
• 1968 marks the founding of String Quartet No. 12^[5].
• String Quartet No. 12's dedicated to is recorded as Q106511741^[6].
• String Quartet No. 12's tonality is recorded as D-flat major^[7].
• String Quartet No. 12's date of first performance is recorded as June 14, 1968^[8].
• String Quartet No. 12's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+27'}^[9].
• String Quartet No. 12's form of creative work is recorded as string quartet^[10].
• String Quartet No. 12's opus number is recorded as 133^[11].

Product Details

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• Release type: Quartet^[12]

• Genre(s): classical^[13]

• Community tags: chamber music, classical^[14]

• MusicBrainz ID: d152c7e4-e292-4534-9c03-c8640918fe6b^[15]

Why It Matters

String Quartet No. 12 ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]