
World-famous, Estonian-born Composer Arvo Pärt Is A Unique Voice In Today's Music. From His Own Extensive Experience Of Working With Pärt, Paul Hiller Here Provides The First Full-length Study Of The Composer's Music. The Music Of The Estonian-born Composer Arvo Pärt Is A Unique And Powerful Voice In The Contemporary World. Using A Tonal Idiom Based On A Mixture Of Scales And Triads, Pärt Created A Style That He Calls 'tintinnabuli'. Listening To It, One Is Reminded Of The Passionate Tranquillity Of Some Russian Icon, Or Of Certain Memorable Scenes In The Films Of Andrei Tarkovsky. In This Book, The First Full-length Study Of Pärt, Paul Hillier Explores The Tintinnabuli Works In Considerable Depth. He Also Examines The Music Of Pärt's Earlier, Somewhat Neglected Serial Period, And Charts The Composer's Steady Evolution Towards The 'abstract Tonality' Of His Later Years. In Addition, A Biographical Chapter And Discussion Of Topics Such As Russian Orthodox Spirituality, Minimalism, And The Influence Of Early Music, Combine To Make This A Substantial Introduction To Pärt's Music. Hillier Also Draws On His Own Experience Of Working With The Composer To Offer Thoughts On Various Performance Issues.
How did Arvo Pärt develop his unique 'tintinnabuli' style and what are the spiritual and technical foundations of his musical evolution? Paul Hillier, a conductor and scholar with direct professional experience collaborating with Pärt, provides a comprehensive analysis of the composer's work. He traces the trajectory from Pärt's early serialist compositions to his mature, minimalist tonal language, contextualizing these shifts within the broader landscape of contemporary classical music.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Experts and musicologists frequently cite this work as a foundational text for understanding Pärt's specific compositional techniques. Readers often note that while the prose is accessible, it maintains a high level of technical rigor suitable for both performers and students of music history.
Page Count:
238
Publication Date:
1997-01-01
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
ISBN-10:
0191590487
ISBN-13:
9780191590481
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