The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt (Cambridge Companions to Music)
"This volume is long overdue. Although the music of Arvo Pärt has been readily embraced by audiences, listeners and licensees (providing the soundtrack to many Hollywood films and YouTube clips), the Estonian-born composer has yet to enter the academic press. Joining an august catalog of previous composers and genre companions from [Cambridge], Andrew Shenton's volume is a persuasive act of stimulation and provocation."--Classical Music"This collection, complete with suitable appendixes, is a major contribution to the literature on this important composer."--ChoicePart's burgeoning popularity might easily have been taken as an excuse to rebadge  old Pa« rt scholarship in anticipation of a wider audience, but that pitfall has happily been avoided. The diversity of contributor backgrounds and the plurality of critical perspectives on offer only increase the importance of this welcome new volume.    -Christopher J. May, Project Muse