The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt (Cambridge Companions to Music)

Arvo Pärt is one of the most influential and widely performed contemporary composers. Around 1976 he developed an innovative new compositional technique called 'tintinnabuli' (Latin for 'sounding bells'), which has had an extraordinary degree of success. It is frequently performed around the world, has been used in award-winning films, and pieces such as Für Alina and Spiegel im Siegel have become standard repertoire. This collection of essays, written by a distinguished international group of scholars and performers, is the essential guide to Arvo Pärt and his music. The book begins with a general introduction to Pärt's life and works, covering important biographical details and outlining his most significant compositions. Two chapters analyze the tintinnabuli style and are complemented by essays which discuss Pärt's creative process. The book also examines the spiritual aspect of Pärt's music and contextualizes him in the cultural milieu of the twenty-first century and in the marketplace. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Figures, plates and tables......Page 10 Music examples......Page 11 Contributors......Page 13 Acknowledgements......Page 17 Editor’s notes......Page 18 Chronology......Page 19 1 Andrew Shenton - Introduction: the essential and phenomenal Arvo Pärt......Page 22 2 Immo Mihkelson - A narrow path to the truth: Arvo Pärt and the 1960s and 1970s in Soviet Estonia......Page 31 3 Jeffers Engelhardt - Perspectives on Arvo Pärt after 1980......Page 50 4 Leopold Brauneiss - Musical archetypes: the basic elements of the tintinnabuli style......Page 70 5 Thomas Robinson - Analyzing Pärt......Page 97 6 Andrew Shenton - Arvo Pärt: in his own words......Page 132 7 Marguerite Bostonia - Bells as inspiration for tintinnabulation......Page 149 8 Robert Sholl - Arvo Pärt and spirituality......Page 161 9 Benjamin Skipp - The minimalism of Arvo Pärt: an ‘antidote’ to modernism and multiplicity?......Page 180 10 Laura Dolp - Arvo Pärt in the marketplace......Page 198 Appendix A: Andreas Peer Kähler - Radiating from silence: the works of Arvo Pärt seen through a musician’s eyes......Page 214 Appendix B: Arvo Pärt - Greatly sensitive: Alfred Schnittke in Tallinn......Page 219 Appendix C: Arvo Pärt - Remembering Heino Eller......Page 220 Appendix D: Acceptance speech for the International Bridge Prize of the European City of Görlitz......Page 221 Appendix E: Acceptance speech for the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2008......Page 223 Appendix F: Works list......Page 224 Notes......Page 244 Select bibliography......Page 258 Index......Page 268 Cambridge Companions to Music......Page 272 Machine generated contents note: Chronology; 1. Introduction: the essential and phenomenal Arvo Pärt Andrew Shenton; 2. A narrow path to the truth: Arvo Pärt and the 1960s and 1970s in Soviet Estonia Immo Mihkelson; 3. Arvo Pärt after 1980 Jeffers Engelhardt; 4. Musical archetypes: the basic elements of the tintinnabuli style Leopold Brauneiss; 5. Analyzing Pärt Thomas Robinson; 6. Arvo Pärt: in his own words Andrew Shenton; 7. Bells as inspiration for tintinnabulation Marguerite Bostonia; 8. Arvo Pärt and spirituality Robert Sholl; 9. The minimalism of Arvo Pärt: an 'antidote' to modernism and multiplicity? Benjamin Skipp; 10. Arvo Pärt in the marketplace Laura Dolp; Appendices: A. Radiating from silence: the works of Arvo Pärt seen through a musician's eyes Andreas Peer Kähler; B. Greatly sensitive: Alfred Schnittke in Tallinn Arvo Pärt; C. Remembering Heino Eller Arvo Pärt; D. Acceptance speech for the International Bridge Prize of the city of Görlitz Arvo Pärt; E. Acceptance speech given for the Läonie Sonning Music Prize 2008 Arvo Pärt; Works list; Bibliography. "Arvo P�art is one of the most influential and widely performed contemporary composers. Around 1976 he developed an innovative new compositional technique called 'tintinnabuli' (Latin for 'sounding bells'), which has had an extraordinary degree of success. It is frequently performed around the world, has been used in award-winning films, and pieces such as Alina and Spiegel im Siegel have become standard repertoire. This collection of essays, written by a distinguished international group of scholars and performers, is the essential guide to Arvo P�art and his music. The book begins with a general introduction to P�art's life and works, covering important biographical details and outlining his most significant compositions. Two chapters analyze the tintinnabuli style and are complemented by essays which discuss P�art's creative process. The book also examines the spiritual aspect of P�art's music and contextualizes him in the cultural milieu of the twenty-first century and in the marketplace"-- Provided by publisher "Arvo Pärt is one of the most influential and widely performed contemporary composers. Around 1976 he developed an innovative new compositional technique called 'tintinnabuli' (Latin for 'sounding bells'), which has had an extraordinary degree of success. It is frequently performed around the world, has been used in award-winning films, and pieces such as Alina and Spiegel im Siegel have become standard repertoire. This collection of essays, written by a distinguished international group of scholars and performers, is the essential guide to Arvo Pärt and his music. The book begins with a general introduction to Pärt's life and works, covering important biographical details and outlining his most significant compositions. Two chapters analyze the tintinnabuli style and are complemented by essays which discuss Pärt's creative process. The book also examines the spiritual aspect of Pärt's music and contextualizes him in the cultural milieu of the twenty-first century and in the marketplace"-- Provided by publisher "Arvo Pärt is one of the most influential and widely performed contemporary composers. Around 1976 he developed an innovative new compositional technique called 'tintinnabuli' (Latin for 'sounding bells'), which has had an extraordinary degree of success. It is frequently performed around the world, has been used in award-winning films, and pieces such as Alina and Spiegel im Siegel have become standard repertoire. This collection of essays, written by a distinguished international group of scholars and performers, is the essential guide to Arvo Pa;rt and his music. The book begins with a general introduction to Pa;rt's life and works, covering important biographical details and outlining his most significant compositions. Two chapters analyze the tintinnabuli style and are complemented by essays which discuss Pa;rt's creative process. The book also examines the spiritual aspect of Pa;rt's music and contextualizes him in the cultural milieu of the twenty-first century and in the marketplace"-- Provided by publisher "Arvo Pärt is one of the most influential and widely performed contemporary composers. Around 1976 he developed an innovative new compositional technique called 'tintinnabuli' (Latin for 'sounding bells'), which has had an extraordinary degree of success. It is frequently performed around the world, has been used in award-winning films, and pieces such as Alina and Spiegel im Siegel have become standard repertoire. This collection of essays, written by a distinguished international group of scholars and performers, is the essential guide to Arvo Pa ; rt and his music. The book begins with a general introduction to Pa ; rt's life and works, covering important biographical details and outlining his most significant compositions. Two chapters analyze the tintinnabuli style and are complemented by essays which discuss Pa ; rt's creative process. The book also examines the spiritual aspect of Pa ; rt's music and contextualizes him in the cultural milieu of the twenty-first century and in the marketplace."