The Compositional Technique and the Works of Arvo Pärt in the Light of Applied Music Cover Image

Arvo Pärt kompozíciós módszere és művei az alkalmazott zene tükrében
The Compositional Technique and the Works of Arvo Pärt in the Light of Applied Music

Author(s): Péter Zombola
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Arvo Pärt; Gregorian chant; mystic minimalism; tintinnabuli; film scores

Summary/Abstract: Arvo Pärt is an Estonian classical composer and one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs a self-made compositional technique called tintinnabuli (which is supposed to evoke the ringing of bells), also influenced by traditional Gregorian chant. Pärt is often identified with the school of minimalism and, more specifically, that of mystic minimalism, and his music has been used in many films, including Michael Mann’s The Insider (1999), Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Gus van Sant’s Gerry (2002) and Neil Armfield’s Candy (2006).

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 41-47
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian