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Title: Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 Op.110: movement 1

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Dmitri  SCHostakowitsch

Bo.om  open  string:

Opening  Texture?  (bars  1  -­‐  4)Texture  in  

viola  bar  

19?

Texture  

bar  79?Can  you  find  

other  examples  

of  this?

Bar  84:  

Describe  

this  chord

The  rhythms  of  the  quartet  

are  very  ______________  .

How  could  you  describe  the  

rhythm  in  bars  24  -­‐  25  

How  can  the  rhythm  

be  described  at  bar  

79  -­‐  *Op  compare  to  

opening  cello  

statement

Are  there  modulaOons  to  related  keys?

What  key  is  

suggested  at  bar  95?

How  does  link  with  

melody/range?

How  does  the  composer  “cloud”                                                                    the  tonality  in  the  opening  bars?

How  can  we  describe  the  

violin  II,  viola  and  cello  parts  

at  bar  28?

Texture  in  

opening  bars?

How  is  the  melody  

shared  between  

the  Violins  at  bar  

55? Which  other  

Shostakovich  work  is  

this  statement  taken  

from?  (bar  64  -­‐  

Violin  II)