String Quartet No. Sheet Music By Dmitri Shostakovich - Sheet Music PlusComposer: Dmitri Shostakovich Shostakovich was one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.
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His fifteen symphonies and fifteen string quartets are some of the most important in their genres. He also wrote brilliant concertos, chamber music, film scores, ballets, and operas.
Growing up in the early days of the Soviet Union, Shostakovich showed budding genius with his first symphony, composed while he was still studying at the Leningrad St. Petersburg Conservatory. Soviet life undoubtedly made an enormous impact on him.