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Author Shenton, Andrew, 1962- author.

Title Arvo Pärt's resonant texts : choral and organ music, 1956-2015 / Andrew Shenton
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 288 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Music Examples; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author's Notes; 1 Prelude: Resonant Texts; Analysis; The Pärt Centre; Authorial Intent; Pärt's Sphere of Influence; 2 Credo: 1956-1976; Works for Children; First Major Choral Work: Our Garden; Orchestral and Chamber Works; Credo; 3 Interlude: Audible Light; Basic Principles of Tintinnabulation; Bells; Current Theoretical Explanations and Evaluations; Tintinnabulation and Meaning; Dissonance-Based Analysis
The Influence of Text and Image4 Passio: 1976-1982; The Early Tintinnabuli Instrumental Works; Sarah/Modus; Pärt and the Organ; Organ and Voices; Annum per Annum; Passio: A Pinnacle of Tintinnabulation; 5 Interlude: The Numinous Encounter; Pärt's Religious Background and Convictions; Pärt and St. Silouan of Athos; God's Ambassador; Oeuvre Analysis; Christian Humility and Pärt's Theology of Word and Sound; The Numinous Encounter; The Iconic and Transcendent Properties of Pärt's Music; Keys to Understanding: Mentalese and Anagogy; 6 Kanon: 1982-1997; Psalm Settings; Stabat Mater; Te Deum
AnalysisReception History; Works for Strings and Minor Works; Magnificat; Miserere; Section 1; Section 2; Section 3; Section 4; Transformations in The Beatitudes; Two Choirs and Two Organs; Score Revision; Berliner Messe; Litany; Criticism of Pärt; A Cantata for Milan; Kanon Pokajanen; 7 Interlude: Performance Practice; Pärt on Performance; Performers on Performance; The Question of Interpretation; The Score and Its Value; Authorized Recordings; Interpreting Pärt; 8 Lamentate: 1997-2003; Two Anthems for Karlstad; Innovation in Triodion and Zwei Beter; Como Cierva Sedienta; Section I
Section IISection III; Section IV; Section V; Several Small Anthems; 9 Adam's Lament: 2003-2015; In Principio; More Short Anthems; Works for String Orchestra and Minor Works; Piece for Peace; Vater Unser: An Unusual Miniature; Three Anthems; Sei gelobt: Another Unusual Miniature; Adam's Lament; Reception History and Collaboration; Smaller Works after 2012; 10 Postlude; Affinity; Numinosity; Vernacular Meanings; Appendix 1 Texted Works Listed by Category; Appendix 2 Sung Works Listed by Initial Scoring; Bibliography; Index
Summary Systematic and detailed analysis of the work of this extremely popular composer, providing description, context, examples, and commentary
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Pärt, Arvo -- Criticism and interpretation
Pärt, Arvo. Choral music.
SUBJECT Pärt, Arvo fast
Pärt, Arvo 1935- gnd
Subject Choral music -- 20th century
Choral music -- 21st century
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
Choral music
Orgelmusik
Chormusik
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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