 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mhinduro yaShostakovich kumimhanzi yeidzi nhamo dzomunhu oga yakanga iri Chikwata cheNhetembo Chechisere, chakanyorwa mumazuva matatu bedzi. Akatumidza chikamu chacho kuti Kune vakaurayiwa nechiFascism nehondo, sezviri pachena achiyeuka kubhomba kweDresdenkwakaitika muna 1945. Bva kufanana neSymphony yeChipfumbamwe, quartet yacho inosanganisira mashoko akatorwa mumabasa ake anoverengeka apakuvamba uye monogram yake yomumhanzi. Shostakovich akabvuma kushamwari yake Isaak Glikman, Ndakatanga kufunga kuti kana rimwe zuva ndikafa, hapana munhu anganyora basa mukundirangarira, saka zviri nani kuti ndinyore ini pachangu. Vamwe vaShostakovich vaaishanda navo, kusanganisira Natalya Vovsi-Mikhoels uye mutambi wecellist Valentin Berlinsky, vaizivawo nezvechinangwa cheBiography cheEighth Quartet. Peter J. Rabinowitz akanongedzerawo kunongedzero dzakavanzika kuna Metamorphosen yaRichard Strauss mariri. 