Arvo Pärt Quotes

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I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played.

Arvo Pärt

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. The complex and many-faceted only confuses me, and I must search for unity. What is it, this one thing, and how do I find my way to it? Traces of this perfect thing appear in many guises—and everything that is unimportant falls away.

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A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower.

Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt

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Born: September 11, 1935 (age 90)

Bio: Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer. Pärt writes compositions that reflect his study of medieval musical forms. His work also reveals his deep Christian faith. He developed what he named tintinnabuli, or the tintinnabulation method of composition, derived from the Latin for "little bells", which can attribute why Pärt's music typically revolves around the notes of a single triad, or "three bells" as he states.

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