String Quartet No. 2

Summary

String Quartet No. 2 is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• String Quartet No. 2's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• String Quartet No. 2's composer is recorded as Dmitri Shostakovich^[4].
• September 1944 marks the founding of String Quartet No. 2^[5].
• String Quartet No. 2's dedicated to is recorded as Vissarion Shebalin^[6].
• String Quartet No. 2's tonality is recorded as A major^[7].
• String Quartet No. 2's date of first performance is recorded as November 14, 1944^[8].
• String Quartet No. 2's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+32'}^[9].
• String Quartet No. 2's form of creative work is recorded as string quartet^[10].
• String Quartet No. 2's opus number is recorded as 68^[11].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Quartet^[12]

• Genre(s): classical^[13]

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

• MusicBrainz ID: 417d559e-0374-492c-80bd-bf751c7809b2^[15]

Why It Matters

String Quartet No. 2 ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]