A prelude and a fugue are the first two of five movements in this composer's Piano Quintet in (*) G minor.
This composer wrote a short A major fugue for piano that contains no vertical harmonic dissonances whatsoever. The Intermezzo fourth movement of this composer's piano quintet begins with a D minor duet for first violin and pizzicato cello. The Largo fourth movement of his best-known string quartet begins with the lower three instruments playing three quick, jarring chords over a quiet, sustained A-sharp in the first violin. A prelude and a fugue are the first two of five movements in this composer's Piano Quintet in (*) G minor. His Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor introduces a Jewish-influenced theme that this composer reused for his five-movement String Quartet No. 8, which is in C minor and uses a DSCH motif intended to spell out his own name. This composer wrote fifteen string quartets and fifteen symphonies, the fifth of which was as a response to the denunciation of one of his operas by the Soviet regime. For 10 points, name this composer of the Leningrad Symphony.
This composer wrote a short A major fugue for piano that contains no vertical harmonic dissonances whatsoever.
Dmitri Shostakovich [or Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich] 