Arvo Pärt (11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and sacr… Read Full Bio ↴Arvo Pärt (11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. Pärt has been the most performed living composer in the world for 5 consecutive years.
Arvo Pärt was born in Paide, Järva County, Estonia. His musical studies began in 1954 at the Tallinn Music Secondary School, interrupted less than a year later while he fulfilled his National Service obligation as oboist and side-drummer in an army band. He returned to Middle School for a year before joining the Tallinn Conservatory in 1957, where his composition teacher was Professor Heino Eller. Pärt started work as a recording engineer with Estonian Radio, wrote music for the stage and received numerous commissions for film scores so that, by the time he graduated from the Conservatory in 1963, he could already be considered a professional composer. A year before leaving, he won first prize in the All-Union Young Composers' Competition for a children's cantata, Our Garden, and an oratorio, Stride of the World.
Today Arvo Pärt is best known for his choral works, which he started to produce in the 1980s, after his emigration from the former Soviet Union to Germany, Berlin. Before that he had written his most recognised works from the 1970s, Fratres, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, and Tabula Rasa. In 1978 Pärt composed Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in Mirror).
Pärt's oeuvre is generally divided into two periods. His early works ranged from rather severe neo-classical styles influenced by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Bartók. He then began to compose using Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique and serialism. This, however, not only earned the ire of the Soviet establishment, but also proved to be a creative dead-end. When early works were banned by Soviet censors, Pärt entered the first of several periods of contemplative silence, during which he studied choral music from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries.
The spirit of early European polyphony informed the composition of Pärt's transitional third symphony (1971); thereafter he immersed himself in early music, re-investigating the roots of western music. He studied plainsong, Gregorian chant, and the emergence of polyphony in the Renaissance. The music that began to emerge after this period was radically different. This period of new compositions included Fratres, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, and Tabula rasa.
Pärt describes it as tintinnabuli: like the ringing of bells. The music is characterised by simple harmonies, often single unadorned notes, or triad chords which form the basis of western harmony. These are reminiscent of ringing bells. Tintinnabuli works are rhythmically simple, and do not change tempo. The influence of early music is clear. Another characteristic of Pärt's later works is that they are frequently settings for sacred texts, although he mostly chooses Latin or the Church Slavonic language used in Orthodox liturgy instead of his native Estonian language. Large-scale works inspired by religious texts include St John Passion, Te Deum, and Litany. Choral works from this period include Magnificat and The Beatitudes.
A new composition, Für Lennart, written for the memory of the Estonian President Lennart Meri, was played at his funeral service on 2nd April 2006. In response to the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow on 7th October 2006, Pärt declared that all his works performed in 2006-2007 would be in commemoration of her death.
Pärt was honoured as the featured composer of the 2008 RTÉ Living Music Festival in Dublin, Ireland. He was also recently commissioned by Louth Contemporary Music Society to compose a new choral work based on St Patrick's Breastplate, to be premiered in 2008 in Louth, Ireland.
Arvo Pärt was born in Paide, Järva County, Estonia. His musical studies began in 1954 at the Tallinn Music Secondary School, interrupted less than a year later while he fulfilled his National Service obligation as oboist and side-drummer in an army band. He returned to Middle School for a year before joining the Tallinn Conservatory in 1957, where his composition teacher was Professor Heino Eller. Pärt started work as a recording engineer with Estonian Radio, wrote music for the stage and received numerous commissions for film scores so that, by the time he graduated from the Conservatory in 1963, he could already be considered a professional composer. A year before leaving, he won first prize in the All-Union Young Composers' Competition for a children's cantata, Our Garden, and an oratorio, Stride of the World.
Today Arvo Pärt is best known for his choral works, which he started to produce in the 1980s, after his emigration from the former Soviet Union to Germany, Berlin. Before that he had written his most recognised works from the 1970s, Fratres, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, and Tabula Rasa. In 1978 Pärt composed Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in Mirror).
Pärt's oeuvre is generally divided into two periods. His early works ranged from rather severe neo-classical styles influenced by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Bartók. He then began to compose using Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique and serialism. This, however, not only earned the ire of the Soviet establishment, but also proved to be a creative dead-end. When early works were banned by Soviet censors, Pärt entered the first of several periods of contemplative silence, during which he studied choral music from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries.
The spirit of early European polyphony informed the composition of Pärt's transitional third symphony (1971); thereafter he immersed himself in early music, re-investigating the roots of western music. He studied plainsong, Gregorian chant, and the emergence of polyphony in the Renaissance. The music that began to emerge after this period was radically different. This period of new compositions included Fratres, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, and Tabula rasa.
Pärt describes it as tintinnabuli: like the ringing of bells. The music is characterised by simple harmonies, often single unadorned notes, or triad chords which form the basis of western harmony. These are reminiscent of ringing bells. Tintinnabuli works are rhythmically simple, and do not change tempo. The influence of early music is clear. Another characteristic of Pärt's later works is that they are frequently settings for sacred texts, although he mostly chooses Latin or the Church Slavonic language used in Orthodox liturgy instead of his native Estonian language. Large-scale works inspired by religious texts include St John Passion, Te Deum, and Litany. Choral works from this period include Magnificat and The Beatitudes.
A new composition, Für Lennart, written for the memory of the Estonian President Lennart Meri, was played at his funeral service on 2nd April 2006. In response to the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow on 7th October 2006, Pärt declared that all his works performed in 2006-2007 would be in commemoration of her death.
Pärt was honoured as the featured composer of the 2008 RTÉ Living Music Festival in Dublin, Ireland. He was also recently commissioned by Louth Contemporary Music Society to compose a new choral work based on St Patrick's Breastplate, to be premiered in 2008 in Louth, Ireland.
Memento
Arvo Pärt Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Memento' by these artists:
5-40 am Would you care to read a letter Written by me Burning all…
Age of Apocalypse All we are is a memory…
AK26 Kiléptem a cégből, A góré dirigál a székből. Kihajtom a bele…
Arcania Pictures of memory This sweet pain belongs to me Can I be…
BEAT CRUSADERS Have you ever seen what I was looking for It's not…
Belaganas tracing stars between every bruise teenage hearts love to lo…
BLUE ENCOUNT 「全然怖くはないよ」といつものように笑っていたけど ガンガンに震えるその手を隠しているその理由はなんだ? 「人間一人じゃ…
Brett Bixby So this is how it falls apart Adn this is how…
Broke Carrey Mi cara sobre el pavimento No se quien soy, como en…
Colours of Bubbles Shut your eyes, take a breath Let it in, let it…
damaa.beats Hey yah 5 αστέρια potential Wonderkid Huh λέει λέει Είμαι β…
De-Vice Lo de muchos es Arrastrarse Lo de otros es Dar pequeños paso…
Duncan Sheik I'm threading through the evening It's later than I thought …
Ego Eris Memories are your mind scars Learn to live with them Every…
Euthanasia [Ref.:] V tmách nenajdeš cestu života svou, Mrač…
Eye-Deal We are, a reminiscent Everlasting impression We have placed …
Fvck_kvlt Haló Som tu aj ja, všímajte si aj mňa Čakám kým nastane…
Hungarica Miért kell, hogy kevesek miatt sok vér hulljon el?! …
Isaiah the Wulf I'm just trynna catch a break I ain't trynna catch a…
IZ 잊혀져 가는 건 슬퍼 습관처럼 내게 말했던 네가 이제 나를 잊으려 해 미워하려…
J. Boom Look How many times you gon die today? I woke up again…
Jona Camacho Como dos estrellas que se chocan Una en contra de…
kinshii Oh this is love, this is her, this is me City…
Kis-My-Ft2 淡い陽射しが舗道に伸びて あの日の二人が蘇る あれから何が変わったか 意味もなく一つ一つ数えてみる 傷付かなきゃ分から…
Memento. Sai, bro, non ho mai, no, ma dai, oh Milano è…
Mindslip Sunlight shining through the blinds With that picture in my …
Morfem Ku ingat raut wajahmu Tak ku ingat siapa namamu Dia bilang U…
moumoon 花は咲いて 甘く香り 枯れてはまた 咲き乱れる 人も同じ 心枯れて それでもまた 花を咲かす 咲き乱れること…
Muna Got a bee sting on the way back from your…
Museum Of Neurotic Origins all the red valleys and the sweet lilies they have…
Neon December Who are you, who is who, what you knew is…
Nilda Fernandez Cuando yo me muera, Enterradme con mi guitarra Bajo la arena…
nonoc 繰り返す時を 刻む悲劇を 抱いてまた 始めよう 震える心は 悲しみを予感してる 弱いままの自分 逃げ場はもうないの …
Particle Thief Remember what it was like The timing just wasn't right Circl…
Pierre-Alexandre Monin Yeah Yeah Yeah I'm in my element I feel alive Make all these…
Psyche This is the moment And you're losing time This is blindnes…
Quilapayún Cuando yo me muera enterradme con mi guitarra bajo la aren…
Ransom My lyrics are still astoundin' you Keep a small circle Just …
re-in.Carnation∞YURIA Talkin 'bout wide eyes looking me up and down Thinking 'bout…
Ready Set Fall! Rise, forbidden memento Take me back before it′s too late Ho…
Ready, Set, Fall! Rise, forbidden memento Take me back before it's too late Ho…
Robert Kino (Le nombre de pillages toujours en hausse dans la région…
Romantic A domb oldalán, hol csak gazt találsz, ott áll…
S.I.S. Когда-то я забуду всё И мне будет так…
Sickless (Part) Is'n schmutziges Geschäft hier doch alle tun so als w…
SKYXXX Yeah, I feel like Young Dolph right now Nigga what, yeah,…
Soma Saito 正解の果てまでノンストップで飛ばしていこう その日を摘みな カープール 塔 絡みついた緑の指 最高の終末日和だ 打ち捨…
SOMOS MIEDO Nadie lo esperaba tan pronto, asociamos muerte con la edad E…
St-Low Yeah Light my phone like you miss me tonight On the 1…
The Black Maria I'll never forget you But your time to leave is way…
The Murder of My Sweet Memento It's not right, I shouldn't wear a halo Was riding …
The Prestige Backing up in time I then realised, it's over my…
Tim Fischer Vor meinem eig'nen Tod ist mir nicht bang Nur vor dem…
TK from Ling tosite sigure - Topic ビルの窓に反射している東京タワーに 少し何かが近づいたような気がして 誰かの悩みも聞けるからさ それっぽい答え方も出来る…
Tkyd /Tkyd/ Egy nap visszatérek hozzád. A lelkem utánam…
True The undertow of a deepest confusion Devouring flimsy orders …
unterART I cut my name in your heart To assure the memories…
V A Would you care to read a letter Written by me Burning all…
Visions of Atlantis To shed all this pain in me This distant reality Memento i…
WVNDER In a cold sweat I wake clutching my chest It's the place…
Wyoming It's all wrong, it's all right Are my thoughts in sleepless…
Young Palk Setim se Da svako veče limit probijem Da popijem i da se…
Youssoupha J'perds le cours de l'histoire en essayant de suivre le…
斉藤壮馬 正解の果てまでノンストップで飛ばしていこう その日を摘みな カープール 塔 絡みついた緑の指 最高の終末日和だ 打ち捨…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Arvo Pärt:
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (Instrumental)…
Credo Credo Credo in unum deum, Patrem omnipotentem, Factorem cael…
De Profundis De profundis clamavi ad te Domine Domine exaudi vocem meam f…
Es sang vor langen Jahren Es sang vor langen Jahren (Clemens Maria Brentano) Es sang …
Magnificat Magnificat anima mea Dominum. My soul doth magnify the Lord,…
Nunc Dimittis Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in p…
Parce mihi domine Parce mihi Domine Parce mihi, Domine, nihil enim sunt dies…
Procedentem sponsum Procedentem sponsum Procedentem sponsum de thalamo; Laude di…
Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus. Dominus deus Sabaoth. P…
Summa Credo in unum Deum. Patrem omnipotentem, Factorem caeli et t…
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PETER KRONES
I love this. I am so surprised there have been no other comments. The longing that arises with this music is, for me, powerful.
Naresh Naresh
A true genius,who always makes me exuberant
Naresh Naresh
Words are really not enough to describe. More than perfect
Naresh Naresh
Infinite