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Arvo Partis an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Part has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented.
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Arvo Partis an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Part has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Part’s music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. His most performed works include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Fur Alina (1976). From 2011 to 2018, and again in 2022, Part was the most performed living composer in the world, and the second most performed in 2019, after John Williams. The Arvo Part Centre, in Laulasmaa, was opened to the public in 2018.
4 Quotes by Arvo Part
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I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.
Arvo PartEstonian composer
- 2.
Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.
Arvo PartEstonian composer
- 3.
The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all.
Arvo PartEstonian composer
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Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers – in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning.
Arvo PartEstonian composer