This work was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet in Moscow in December 1970. The quartet is unique in that it is the only one of Shostakovich’s string quartets that is conceived in a single movement:
Adagio — Doppio movimento — Tempo primo
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138 was written by Дмитрий Шостакович (Dmitri Shostakovich).
Дмитрий Шостакович (Dmitri Shostakovich) released String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138 on Fri Dec 11 1970.