#dschmotif

Another striking resemblance between Johann Sebastian Bach and Dmitri Shostakovich (obviously influenced by the former): they both made musical motifs from their names. 

Here is the famous BACH motif, most notably heard in Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus XIV:

And here is the DSCH motif, composed from German musical letter names. These would be D, E flat (Es in German), C, and B (H in German):

Just as with Bach, Shostakovich introduced this motif as his personal signature within a piece, finding several opportunities to introduce it throughout famous works.