Arvo Pärt

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is a unique voice in today's music. Using a tonal idiom based on a mixture of scales and triads, Pärt created a style called tintinnabuli. In this first full-length study, Paul Hillier draws on his own considerable experience working with Pärt and his music to
explore the famous tintinnabuli works in depth. Hillier covers the music of Pärt's earlier, somewhat neglected serial period as well, and sheds valuable light on the development of Pärt's music by looking at Pärt's biography and at the influences of Russian Orthodox spirituality, minimalism, and
early music.

With the increasing popularity of recording and performing Pärt's music, Hillier's own thoughts on performance issues will be especially welcome in the world of contemporary music.

The book includes appendices containing a discography, a bibliography, and a list of works.


Author: Paul Hillier
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 06/19/1997
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.55h x 5.46w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780198166160

About the Author

Paul Hillier is Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis. He has made over forty recordings as a singer and conductor and is the editor of 300 Years of Partsongs, English Romantic Partsongs (OUP), The Catch Book (OUP), and Le Beau Ballet d'Amour.

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