Composer
Arvo Part
Estonian composer (born 1935)
b. 1935
17 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1935
- Birthplace
- Paide
- Citizenship / historical state
- Soviet Union; Estonia; Austria
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. His most performed works include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Für Alina (1976). From 2011 to 2018, and again in 2022 and 2025, Pärt was the most performed living composer in the world. The Arvo Pärt Centre, in Laulasmaa, was opened to the public in 2018.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- classical composer; musician; composer
- Recorded memberships
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; American Academy of Arts and Letters; Royal Swedish Academy of Music; Estonian Academy of Sciences; Pontifical Council for Culture; Prince Pierre Foundation
- Notable works
- Für Lennart in memoriam; Adam's Lament; Spiegel im Spiegel; In principio; Für Alina; Fratres; Ukuaru waltz
- Selected awards
- Knight of the Legion of Honour; Herder Prize; Praemium Imperiale; Léonie Sonning Music Prize; Recipient of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 1st Class; Honorary doctor of the University of Liège; Ratzinger Prize; honorary doctor of Durham University; Honorary doctor of the University of Fribourg; honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews; Coat of Arms of Tallinn; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Official website
- https://www.arvopart.ee
- VIAF ID
- 111612090
- ISNI
- 0000000110050480
- GND ID
- 119359979
- Library of Congress ID
- n82003117
- MusicBrainz ID
- ae0b2424-d4c5-4c54-82ac-fe3be5453270
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Choir, harpsichord, Piano, strings, Oboe
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| IV. Quotquot autem acceperunt sum | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| II. Fuit homo missus a Deo | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Concerto Piccolo on B-A-C-H - Score | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Pro et Contra - Full Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Collage on B-A-C-H | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Symphony No. 2 | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Toccata - Score | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Symphony No. 1 | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sarabande - Score | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Ricercare - Score | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| I. In principio erat Verbum | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| III. Erat lux vera | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| V. Et Verbum caro factum est | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Mother Of God And Virgin | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Spiegel Im Spiegel | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Zwei Wiegenlieder | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Beatitudes | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 111612090. Portrait: Woesinger, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.