The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt

Contents

• Chronology
• 1. Introduction: the essential and phenomenal Arvo Pärt Andrew Shenton
• 2. A narrow path to the truth: Arvo Pärt and the 1960s and 1970s in Soviet Estonia Immo Mihkelson
• 3. Arvo Pärt after 1980 Jeffers Engelhardt
• 4. Musical archetypes: the basic elements of the tintinnabuli style Leopold Brauneiss
• 5. Analyzing Pärt Thomas Robinson
• 6. Arvo Pärt: in his own words Andrew Shenton
• 7. Bells as inspiration for tintinnabulation Marguerite Bostonia
• 8. Arvo Pärt and spirituality Robert Sholl
• 9. The minimalism of Arvo Pärt: an 'antidote' to modernism and multiplicity? Benjamin Skipp
• 10. Arvo Pärt in the marketplace Laura Dolp
• Appendices: A. Radiating from silence: the works of Arvo Pärt seen through a musician's eyes Andreas Peer Kähler
• B. Greatly sensitive: Alfred Schnittke in Tallinn Arvo Pärt
• C. Remembering Heino Eller Arvo Pärt
• D. Acceptance speech for the International Bridge Prize of the city of Görlitz Arvo Pärt
• E. Acceptance speech given for the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2008 Arvo Pärt
• Works list
• Bibliography.