Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 5 in B♭ major, Op. 92, was composed in autumn 1952. It was premiered in Moscow on 13 November 1953 by the Beethoven Quartet, to whom it is dedicated.
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Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 5 in B♭ major, Op. 92, was composed in autumn 1952. It was premiered in Moscow on 13 November 1953 by the Beethoven Quartet, to whom it is dedicated.