“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: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1019897
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 134900
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 138887
for: Piano 4 hands [2 pianos 4 hands]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 605786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 314618
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1546723
Psalm 137
for: Singstimmen oder gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 124250
für Frauenchor (SA) a cappella
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 160014
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676690
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 297179
for: Voice, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 141849
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 124021
Psalm 96 (95)
for: gemischten Chor oder Solisten (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 216392
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635071
für Kinderchor und Klavier (Ensemble)
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663230
for: Piano
Item no.: 577598
aus "Kanon Pokajanen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019940
Musik für Kindertheater
for: Piano
Item no.: 141089
aus "Kanon Pokajanen"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019891
('My soul yearns after the Lord ...')
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 124030
Psalm 117, Psalm 131
for: gemischten Chor oder Solisten (SACtTB) a cappella
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 216342
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 471768
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 577599
for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 486737
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113065
for: für Englischhorn und Klavier
Item no.: 486738
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 776837
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
Choir score
Item no.: 145992
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155488
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 427742
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212666
für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 603408
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 225053
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 152171
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 182151
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 486736
for: für Posaunenquartett
Study score
Item no.: 608423
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 148972
aus "Kanon Pokajanen"
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645114
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SA), string orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1019930
für Chor (Soli) und Orgel (1990/2002)
Partitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 176593
Piccola cantata
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273892
op. 2
for: Piano
Item no.: 144913
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 369380
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490347
for: Countertenor oder Alt und Orgel
Item no.: 364791
for: für 8 (4) Violoncelli
Score
Item no.: 608421
for: für 8 Blechbläser und Schlagzeug
Study score
Item no.: 361218
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