The Cambridge companion to Arvo Pärt / edited by Andrew Shenton.
Shenton, Andrew, 1962-
2012
ML410.P1755 C36 2012 (Mapit)
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Title The Cambridge companion to Arvo Pärt / edited by Andrew Shenton.
ISBN 9781107009899
1107009898
9780521279109 (pbk.)
0521279100 (pbk.)
Publication Details Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description xix, 250 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Call Number ML410.P1755 C36 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 780/.92
Summary "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'), with which he has had an extraordinary degree of success. His music is frequently performed around the world and has been used in award-winning films, and pieces such as Für Alina and Spiegel im Spiegel 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 Pärt's music and contextualizes him in the cultural milieu of the twenty-first century and in the marketplace"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index.
Added Author Shenton, Andrew, 1962-
Series Cambridge companions to music.
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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. Perspectives on 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 European city of Görlitz / Arvo Pärt
E. Acceptance speech for the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2008 / Arvo Pärt
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