“I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played.” Arvo Pärt (b.1935)
Alongside American composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is one of the most important representatives of the “minimalist” movement in classical music. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover all his simple, beautiful, mysterious, spiritual, atmospheric music today!
Pärt began his career at the end of the 50s and start of the 60s as a sound engineer, and also composed music for film and television. His early works were influenced by Russian neoclassicism, in particular the works of Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev, however he also used various modern composition techniques, such as dodecaphony, serialism, and aleatorism. A turning point came in the 1970s, when he devoted himself intensively to the study of medieval music, chorales and polyphony.
In 1976, Pärt began to use his own minimalist compositional technique, “Tintinnabuli”, named after the Latin word for “little bell”, which generally revolves around a simple triad, or three “little bells”. In the words of the composer:
“Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This note, or a silent beat, or a moment of silence comfort me.”
Due to his deep devotion to Christianity, Arvo Pärt’s work includes a great number of religious and spiritual pieces for choir or soloists, either with accompaniment or a cappella. He also wrote many instrumental works, including four symphonies, and a series of piano pieces. Pärt’s music is best characterised by simple motifs, spirituality and atmosphere.
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 182151
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113065
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 124020
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113508
für Knabensopran und Klavier
Gewidmet dem Heiligen Vater, Papst Benedikt XVI.
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score, CD
Item no.: 587428
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 113494
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155488
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 173909
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 486736
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 152171
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490764
op. 1
for: Piano
Item no.: 213613
für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 603408
for: Violin, string orchestra, percussion
Study score
Item no.: 444818
Neuausgabe 2011
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 604432
für Orgel
for: Organ
Single edition
Item no.: 656758
for: Piano
Item no.: 577598
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 148008
Clarinet trio based on the 2nd movement of the Piano Sonata
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 679829
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 471768
for string quartet (2004/2006)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 462069
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 776837
for: Piano 4 hands [2 pianos 4 hands]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 605786
für Frauenchor (SA) a cappella
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 160014
für Kinderchor und Klavier
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 664758
für gemischten Chor a cappella (2007)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330775
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 226914
op. 2
for: Piano
Item no.: 144913
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 211897
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: String orchestra, bell
Study score
Item no.: 603409
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 216486
für Kinderchor und Klavier (Ensemble)
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663230
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 427742
Prayers of St. John Chrysostom for each hour of the day and night
for: für Soli: Alt(Ct), 2 Tenor, Bass, Chor SATB und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 216390
Matthäus-Evangelium 22, 15-22
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 226920
('My soul yearns after the Lord ...')
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 124030
Media, Culture, Politics
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 979609
Dance of the ducklings / Pardipoegade tants
aus "Fünf leichte Tanzstücke für Klavier"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 676237
für 4 Blockflöten
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113539
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 664759
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 148972
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 191130
Doppelkonzert
for: 2 violins (soli), string orchestra, piano
Score
Item no.: 187303
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 175272
Entstanden zwischen 1965 und 1970 für verschiedene Schauspiel- und Zeichentrickfilme
in estnischen Kinderzimmern ein Klassiker
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 649498
for: 4 Singstimmen (Ct/ATTB) a cappella
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 133058
for: Countertenor oder Alt und Orgel
Item no.: 364791
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 388755
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 579640
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