String Quartet No. 12 (Shostakovich)

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Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major (Op. 133) was composed in 1968. It is dedicated to Dmitry Tsyganov, the first violin of the Beethoven Quartet.

It consists of two movements:
I. Moderato - Allegretto
II. Allegretto - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto

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