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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Music Examples; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author's Notes; 1 Prelude: Resonant Texts; Analysis; The Pärt Centre; Authorial Intent; Pärt's Sphere of Influence; 2 Credo: 1956-1976; Works for Children; First Major Choral Work: Our Garden; Orchestral and Chamber Works; Credo; 3 Interlude: Audible Light; Basic Principles of Tintinnabulation; Bells; Current Theoretical Explanations and Evaluations; Tintinnabulation and Meaning; Dissonance-Based Analysis |
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The Influence of Text and Image; 4 Passio: 1976-1982; The Early Tintinnabuli Instrumental Works; Sarah/Modus; Pärt and the Organ; Organ and Voices; Annum per Annum; Passio: A Pinnacle of Tintinnabulation; 5 Interlude: The Numinous Encounter; Pärt's Religious Background and Convictions; Pärt and St. Silouan of Athos; God's Ambassador; Oeuvre Analysis; Christian Humility and Pärt's Theology of Word and Sound; The Numinous Encounter; The Iconic and Transcendent Properties of Pärt's Music; Keys to Understanding: Mentalese and Anagogy; 6 Kanon: 1982-1997; Psalm Settings; Stabat Mater; Te Deum |
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AnalysisReception History; Works for Strings and Minor Works; Magnificat; Miserere; Section 1; Section 2; Section 3; Section 4; Transformations in The Beatitudes; Two Choirs and Two Organs; Score Revision; Berliner Messe; Litany; Criticism of Pärt; A Cantata for Milan; Kanon Pokajanen; 7 Interlude: Performance Practice; Pärt on Performance; Performers on Performance; The Question of Interpretation; The Score and Its Value; Authorized Recordings; Interpreting Pärt; 8 Lamentate: 1997-2003; Two Anthems for Karlstad; Innovation in Triodion and Zwei Beter; Como Cierva Sedienta; Section I |
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Section II; Section III; Section IV; Section V; Several Small Anthems; 9 Adam's Lament: 2003-2015; In Principio; More Short Anthems; Works for String Orchestra and Minor Works; Piece for Peace; Vater Unser: An Unusual Miniature; Three Anthems; Sei gelobt: Another Unusual Miniature; Adam's Lament; Reception History and Collaboration; Smaller Works after 2012; 10 Postlude; Affinity; Numinosity; Vernacular Meanings; Appendix 1 Texted Works Listed by Category; Appendix 2 Sung Works Listed by Initial Scoring; Bibliography; Index |
| Abstract |
Systematic and detailed analysis of the work of this extremely popular composer, providing description, context, examples, and commentary. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Shenton, Andrew, 1962- Arvo Pärt's resonant texts 9781107082458 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781108514866 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1108514863 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781139998345 |
| ISBN | 113999834X |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
