“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.
für Kammerensemble
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Flexible ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 491310
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490347
for: 3 Singstimmen (STT), Schlagzeug und Orgel
Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 185010
Psalm 130 (129)
for: Männerchor (TTBB), Schlagzeug ad lib. und Orgel
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 162711
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 216486
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
für gemischten Chor a cappella (2007)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330775
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 225053
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 124020
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113992
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 226914
für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 603408
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 191130
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490764
for: für Streichquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 554627
für gemischten Chor und Streichorchester
Text mit kyrillischen Buchstaben und Transkription in lateinische Buchstaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 615067
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113065
Homage to Anish Kapoor and his sculpture ‘Marsyas’
for: für Klavier und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 400702
Doppelkonzert
for: für Violine, Viola, Streichorchester und präpariertes Klavier
Study score
Item no.: 152110
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 113940
for: String orchestra, percussion
Score
Item no.: 113659
for: für Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 608422
Psalm 96 (95)
for: gemischten Chor oder Solisten (SATB) und Orgel
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 615907
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 134900
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: für 4 oder 8 oder 12 Violoncelli
Score
Item no.: 276152
für Orgel
for: Organ
Single edition
Item no.: 656758
for: Countertenor oder Alt und Orgel
Item no.: 364791
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 471772
für gemischten Chor (SAT) und Streichorchester (1985/2008)
for: Mixed choir (SAT), string orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 672447
'Los Angeles'
for: String orchestra, kettledrums, percussion, harp
Study score
Item no.: 605278
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 583529
for: für 8 (4) Violoncelli
Score
Item no.: 608421
for: für 4 Schlagzeuger
Set of parts
Item no.: 477034
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
für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 380202
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 148008
exempla nova 231
for: TRP, Streicher, Cembalo, Klavier
Study score
Item no.: 188923
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 149009
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 148972
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 152171
for: für gemischten Chor SATB oder Solisten (SATB) und Orgel
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 229638
for: Bläseroktett und Schlagzeug
Score
Item no.: 124017
Motette für de la Motte
for: für Alt oder Countertenor, Violine und Viola
Item no.: 113787
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 182151
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 168970
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 138887
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