Arvo Pärt in conversation
By: Enzo Restagno, Leopold Brauneiss, Saale Kareda, Kaire Maimets-Volt, Arvo Pärt ; translated by Robert Crow
Edition: First Dalkey edition.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781564787866
Subjects: Composers; Interviews
Work titles: Arvo Pärt im Gespräch. English
Description: This collection of essays and interviews is an ideal guide to the work and thought of one of the world's greatest and most original living composers. In Enzo Restagno's extensive interview, Pärt gives an intimate description of his work and life in Soviet Estonia, his emigration, his artistic odyssey, and his worldview. Then, Arvo Pärt's compositional technique is the focus of a musicological essay by Leopold Brauneiss. Finally, Saale Kareda explores the spiritual aspects of the composer's approach to his works. Two acceptance speeches, delivered by Pärt on receiving major European prizes, complete this fascinating and illuminating portrait [Publisher description]
Notes: Originally published: Arvo Pärt im Gespräch. Vienna : Universal Edition, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and discography.
Table of contents: title: Arvo Pärt in conversation / Enzo Restagno; title: Tintinnabuli : an introduction / Leopold Brauneiss; title: Back to the source / Saale Kareda; title: Arvo Pärt's tintinnabuli music in film / Kaire Maimets-Volt; title: Two acceptance speeches / Arvo Pärt.