“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: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 776837
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 180892
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 209199
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155488
('My soul yearns after the Lord ...')
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 124030
for: String orchestra; harp ad lib.
Study score
Item no.: 113934
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score, CD
Item no.: 587428
Matthäus-Evangelium 22, 15-22
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 226920
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 175272
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 216486
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 148972
for: für Soli: Alt(Ct), 2 Tenor, Bass, Chor SATB und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 216390
für Kinderchor und Klavier (Ensemble)
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663230
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676690
Pärts musikalische Interpretation der Seligpreisungen aus der Bergpredigt
englische Fassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 133059
for: für Sopran und 8 Violoncelli
Study score
Item no.: 462066
Piccola cantata
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273892
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 577597
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 664759
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212666
for: 2 violins (soli), string orchestra, piano
Score
Item no.: 187303
for: für Chor SATB und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 1657214
Special design, delivery time 2 weeks
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 680156
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 369380
for: für 2 gemischte Chöre (SATB) und 2 Orgeln
Item no.: 114009
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 471760
for: Sopran, 4 Violen und 4 Violoncelli
Study score
Item no.: 462067
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 625535
for: STR OB CEMB KLAV
Study score
Item no.: 157257
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681089
Psalmus 133 (132)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 499823
for: für Posaunenquartett
Study score
Item no.: 608423
for: 3 solo voices [soprano, counter tenor [alto], tenor), violin, viola, cello
Piano reduction
Item no.: 486775
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 201564
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 155485
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745232
'Ja ma kuulsin hääle ...'
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1666979
für Kammerensemble
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Flexible ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 491310
Psalm 137
for: Singstimmen oder gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 241398
for: 3 solo voices [soprano, counter tenor [alto], tenor), violin, viola, cello
Study score
Item no.: 113910
for: Männerchor (TTBB), Schlagzeug ad lib. und Orgel
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 162711
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 225053
Doppelkonzert
for: für Violine, Viola, Streichorchester und präpariertes Klavier
Study score
Item no.: 152110
for: für Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 608422
Psalm 96 (95)
for: gemischten Chor oder Solisten (SATB) und Orgel
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 615907
für Soli, Chor, Ensemble und Orgel (1989, rev. 1992)
Diese Komposition wurde beauftragt vom Festival d'Eté in Rouen und 1989 ebendort uraufgeführt.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, ensemble, organ
Score
Item no.: 184760
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 615067
for: für 4 oder 8 oder 12 Violoncelli
Score
Item no.: 276152
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