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

With the increasing popularity of recording and performing Part'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. ... Read more

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Rather biased and interested mostly in tintinnabuli, but informative
Arvo Part has become one of the most widely recognized contemporary composers, mainly due to his accessible "tintinnabuli" style of minimalism, and this entry in the Oxford Studies of Composers series is the first major English-language treatment of his career. The author, Paul Hillier, a recognized specialist in early music, performer in the Hilliard Ensemble, and artistic director of the Theatre of Voices, has often performed Part's music.

This study contains no real biography, but is organized as a chronological exploration of Part's work. The works of the 1960s, first with a dedication to serialism and then making heavy use ofcollage, are rather hastily covered in a single chapter; clearly Hillier is most concerned with tintinnabuli. The technique in general has a chapter to itself, and then each of the works is analysed. Quotations from the score abound, and knowledge of music theory is necessary. The most extensive coverage is that of "Passio", essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the work. As a sort of appendix, Hillier includes some advice for musicians who would perform Part's music.

I've generally been unhappy with Part's "holy minimalism", as much of his oeuvre contains no clear theology and lets the listener find whatever he wants in it. He has been most successful when he put his services to the work of the Orthodox Church as in "Litany" and "Kanon Pokajanen" where there is no room for differing opinion. Hillier's study, however did help me better appreciate certain tintinnabuli works. The "Passio", for instance, is now revealed as a work of ingenious design and subtlety, but I still think "Fur Alina" is some kind of practical joke, and I still can't find much good to say about the "Berliner Messe"

My biggest complaint about the work, however, is that Hillier is extremely uncritical towards Part's music, taking turns towards the hagiographical and assuming that if it came from Part it must be good. He often dismisses more substantial methods of composition, such as serialism, insinuating that no one could enjoy them. As one who enjoys the serialism of Boulez, the zahlenmystik of Gubaidulina, the massive harmonies of Lindberg, and the mathematical precision of Xenakis much more than the entertaining-but-usually-wispy music of Part, I find it offensive that Hillier tries to say what his readers should or shouldn't like. Also, I regret that the book came too early to cover the massive "Kanon Pokajanen", which I think will go down as the composer's masterwork and a lasting contribution to Orthodox hymnography, but Hillier does briefly mention the prototypical sketches that Part had already begun to write for that work.

If you enjoy the music of Part, especially the "Passio", Hillier's study is worth picking up for, in spite of its clear bias, it is a useful musicological analysis.

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Paul Hillier has been a leading exponent of Arvo Part's music for manyyears now, and this book is yet another delectable fruit of hisrelationship with the composer and his music.

The book is divided intovery neat chapters, giving a thorough and systematic break-down of Part'smusical career- from his neo-classical student works to his earlyexperiments with serialism (he was the first Estonian composer to writeserial music); his period of silence when he sought a new, simpler means ofself-expression; and finally his discovery of the "tintinnabuli"style. Paul Hillier's first encounter with Part was through performing histintinnabuli works, thus the book focusses mostly on them. Performers andcritics have often complained that the music is too simple; Hillier revealsthat there is more to it than meets the eye, and in particular hisdescriptions of the large-scale cantatas such as "Passio" and"Miserere" make for solid reading. Impressively, Hillier does notneglect the earlier serial works such as "Nekrolog" and thecontroversial "Credo" - music that sounds almost like that ofanother composer. Perhaps disappointingly, he opts not to go into Part'sbiographical details beyond a basic account of his childhood musicalexperiences and the problems he faced for many years in his Soviet-annexedhomeland. He does however explore Russian Orthodox views on music andminimalism, an understanding of which is helpful in developing anunderstanding of Part's music. Finally, he offers his ideas on performingit: an extremely well-written and useful chapter, as is the appendix whichlists the key recordings of most of the tintinnabuli and some of the serialworks.

It takes some getting into: Hillier reveals himself to be a finemusicologist and makes some very detailed analyses, but many of the termshe uses can be baffling to the casual reader. Music students are thus thelikeliest customers to benefit from the purchase of this book. As a musicstudent myself, I find this book 'un-put-downable'!

An excellent guide to Part's music for beginners & experts
Paul Hillier is certainly qualified to write a book about the music of Arvo Part.Not only is Hillier a brilliant musician in his own right, but he has collaborated with Part many times in the last decade or so toproduce many splendid recordings as well as giving many world premierconcert performances of Part's work. Here we are given "an insiderview" on how this music was written.Short of Part writing a bookhimself, this is the closest a listener will ever get to being inside themind of this enigmatic, quite, reserved and extremely gifted composer.There is only about 10 pages or so devoted to biography, the rest is purelyabout the music.

Hillier's explanations of the pieces are so thoroughthat one can literally read along with the book while listening to thecorresponding piece of music and never get lost. Hillier has done asplendid job with the writing because it is quite technical and willcertainly give musicians and other composers insight into Part's structuralideas.The crowning achievement though is that the book can also be read(with only slight difficulty) by those that have no musical training. Ican't read music or play any instruments, and I seldom felt lost whilereading, despite the technical terminology (one can pick up a lot fromcontext.)

The only problem with the book is that it was published in1997, so it doesn't have commentary on his newest works like "KanonPokjanen." That one flaw, however, is tiny and can be easilyoverlooked in light of it valuble insight into the world and music of ArvoPart. ... Read more

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Chapters: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, Te Deum, Kanon Pokajanen, Magnificat, Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem, Für Alina, Stabat Mater, Spiegel Im Spiegel, Symphony No. 4, Tabula Rasa, Fratres, Berliner Messe. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten (·)) is a short canon written in 1977 in A minor by the Estonian composer of classical music Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) for string orchestra and bell. Cantus is an early example of Pärt's own tintinnabuli style, which he based on his reactions to early chant music. The work's appeal is often ascribed to its relative simplicity; a single melodic motif dominates and it both begins and ends with scored silence. However, as the critic Ivan Hewett CBE observes, while it "may be simple in concept...the concept produces a tangle of lines which is hard for the ear to unravel. And even where the music really is simple in its audible features, the expressive import of those features is anything but." A typical performance lasts about six and a half minutes. The cantus was composed as an elegy to mourn the December 1976 death of the English composer Benjamin Britten. Pärt greatly admired Britten, whom he described as possessing the "unusual purity" that he himself sought as a composer. Part viewed the Englishman as a kindred spirit; however, he only gained access to the latter's music in 1980, after emigrating from Soviet Estonia to Austria, four years after Britten had died. When Britten passed, Pärt felt that he had lost hope of meeting the only contemporary composer whose musical outlook, he believed, resembled his own. While Pärt is known primarily for his religious music, Cantus is a fully secular work, in that it forms a spare lament to a fellow composer and...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=806463 ... Read more

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Title: Arvo Part.(Bibliography)
Author: Jeffers Engelhardt
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2001
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 57Issue: 4Page: 987

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Arvo Pärt, Eduard Tubin, Veljo Tormis, Helena Tulve, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Artur Kapp, Allan Vainola, Peeter Vähi, Raimond Valgre, Heino Eller, Eino Tamberg, Lepo Sumera, Mart Saar, Olaf Kopvillem, Miina Härma, Mihkel Lüdig, Eugen Kapp, Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Boris Parsadanian, Ester Mägi, Sven Grünberg, Rein Rannap, Urmas Sisask, Alo Mattiisen, Juhan Aavik, Rudolf Tobias, Evald Aav, Gustav Ernesaks, René Eespere, Els Aarne, Arne Els, Cyrillus Kreek, Pärt Uusberg. Excerpt: Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935; Estonian pronunciation: ) is an Estonian classical composer. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs a self-made compositional technique called tintinnabuli. His music also finds its inspiration and influence from Gregorian chant. Pärt was born in Paide, Järva County, Estonia. A prolonged struggle with Soviet officials led him to emigrate with his wife and their two sons in 1980. He lived first in Vienna, Austria, where he took Austrian citizenship, and then re-located to Berlin, Germany. He returned to Estonia around the turn of the century and now lives in Tallinn. Familiar works by Pärt are Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell (1977) and the string quintet "Fratres I" (1977, revised 1983), which he orchestrated for string orchestra and percussion, the solo violin "Fratres II" and the cello ensemble "Fratres III" (both 1980). Pärt is often identified with the school of minimalism and, more specifically, that of mystic minimalism or holy minimalism. He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk Górecki and John Tavener. Although his fame initially rested on instrumental works such as Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel, his choral works have also come to ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=93783 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People From Paide, Arvo Pärt, Carmen Kass, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Tarmo Neemelo, Johan Pitka, Tõnis Vanna, Ita Ever, August Wilhelm Hupel, Gert Kams. Excerpt: Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935; Estonian pronunciation: ) is an Estonian classical composer. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs a self-made compositional technique called tintinnabuli. His music also finds its inspiration and influence from Gregorian chant. Pärt was born in Paide, Järva County, Estonia. A prolonged struggle with Soviet officials led him to emigrate with his wife and their two sons in 1980. He lived first in Vienna, Austria, where he took Austrian citizenship, and then re-located to Berlin, Germany. He returned to Estonia around the turn of the century and now lives in Tallinn. Familiar works by Pärt are Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell (1977) and the string quintet "Fratres I" (1977, revised 1983), which he orchestrated for string orchestra and percussion, the solo violin "Fratres II" and the cello ensemble "Fratres III" (both 1980). Pärt is often identified with the school of minimalism and, more specifically, that of mystic minimalism or holy minimalism. He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk Górecki and John Tavener. Although his fame initially rested on instrumental works such as Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel, his choral works have also come to be widely appreciated. Pärt's musical education began at age seven. He began attending music school in Rakvere, where his family lived. By the time he reached his early teen years, Pärt was writing his own compositions. While studying composition with Heino Eller at the Tallinn Conservatory in 1957, it was said ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=93783 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Arvo Pärt, Franz Liszt, Joseph Haydn, Louis Spohr, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten, Carl Orff, Zoltán Kodály, Frederick Delius, Cyril Rootham, Bohuslav Martinů, Johann Adolph Hasse, William Walton, Edward Elgar, Krzysztof Penderecki, Leonard Bernstein, Max Bruch, Yvon Bourrel, Alexandre Tansman, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Michael Haydn, Frank Martin, Heinrich Schütz, Gustav Holst, Arthur Bliss, Franz Schmidt, Nicolas Nabokov, Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf, Vítězslav Novák, Edison Denisov, Leopold Anton Kozeluch, Jan Ladislav Dussek, John Stanley, Johann Sebastiani, Johann Antonin Kozeluch, John Stainer. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Franz Liszt (Liszt Ferenc en hongrois) est un compositeur et pianiste hongrois sujet des Habsbourg-Lorraine, né à Doborján (all. Raiding, aujourd'hui en Autriche) le 22 octobre 1811 et mort à Bayreuth (Allemagne) le 31 juillet 1886. Liszt est le père de la technique pianistique moderne et du récital. Avec lui, naissent l'impressionnisme au piano, le piano orchestral - Mazeppa, la quatrième étude d'exécution transcendante - et le piano littéraire - les Années de pèlerinage. Il est à l'origine - avec Frédéric Chopin - du style de toute une lignée de compositeurs : Ravel, Rachmaninov, Scriabine. Son père, Adam Liszt, était le petit-fils d'un migrant serf germanophone, Sébastian Liszt, qui avait quitté sa Basse-Autriche natale durant la première moitié du siècle pour venir s'installer en Hongrie. Adam qui était devenu secrétaire du prince Esterházy et violoncelliste dans un orchestre local, n'était pas musicien de profession. Il eût sans doute pu devenir un musicien distingué, si il n'avait pas été issu d'une famille très nombreuse de quatorze enfants, qui ne lui lai...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Title: The Final Chorale.(The Final Chorale. Juxtapositions, 3.)(Arvo Part: 24 Preludes for a Fugue)(Video recording review)
Author: S. Andrew Granade
Publication: Notes (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 63Issue: 1Page: 177(2)

Article Type: Video recording review

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People From Paide, Arvo Pärt, Carmen Kass, Tarmo Neemelo, Paide Linnameeskond, Tõnis Vanna, Ita Ever, August Wilhelm Hupel, Paide Ühisgümnaasiumi Stadium. Excerpt: Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935; Estonian pronunciation: ) is an Estonian classical composer. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs a self-made compositional technique called tintinnabuli. His music also finds its inspiration and influence from Gregorian chant. Pärt was born in Paide, Järva County, Estonia. A prolonged struggle with Soviet officials led him to emigrate with his wife and their two sons in 1980. He lived first in Vienna, Austria, where he took Austrian citizenship, and then re-located to Berlin, Germany. He returned to Estonia around the turn of the century and now lives in Tallinn. Familiar works by Pärt are Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell (1977) and the string quintet "Fratres I" (1977, revised 1983), which he orchestrated for string orchestra and percussion, the solo violin "Fratres II" and the cello ensemble "Fratres III" (both 1980). Pärt is often identified with the school of minimalism and, more specifically, that of mystic minimalism or holy minimalism. He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk Górecki and John Tavener. Although his fame initially rested on instrumental works such as Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel, his choral works have also come to be widely appreciated. Pärt's musical education began at age seven. He began attending music school in Rakvere, where his family lived. By the time he reached his early teen years, Pärt was writing his own compositions. While studying composition with Heino Eller at the Tallinn Conservatory in 1957, it was s... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=93783 ... Read more