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Tabula Rasa
Original CD and all materials from the original booklet. Music scores of all four compositions of the album. Previously unreleased facsimile of Arvo Pärt’s autographs of Tabula rasa and Cantus. Introductory essay by Paul Griffiths. Exclusive photographs from the ECM archive. All texts in English and German.
In 1984, ECM brought a new sound into the musical world with the release of Arvo Pärt’s Tabula rasa, the first album on the label’s New Series imprint. Now, on the occasion of Pärt’s 75th birthday, this special edition with enclosed CD has been produced by ECM in collaboration with the composer’s publisher, Universal Edition. It includes previously unpublished manuscript scores of Tabula rasa and Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, and study scores of the album’s four works, as well as Wolfgang Sandner’s 1984 liner essay, and a new introductory note for this edition by Paul Griffiths. Rounding off the volume is a discography of Arvo Pärt’s works on ECM with corresponding publishing details.
In 1984, ECM brought a new sound into the musical world with the release of Arvo Pärt’s Tabula rasa, the first album on the label’s New Series imprint. Now, on the occasion of Pärt’s 75th birthday, this special edition with enclosed CD has been produced by ECM in collaboration with the composer’s publisher, Universal Edition. It includes previously unpublished manuscript scores of Tabula rasa and Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, and study scores of the album’s four works, as well as Wolfgang Sandner’s 1984 liner essay, and a new introductory note for this edition by Paul Griffiths. Rounding off the volume is a discography of Arvo Pärt’s works on ECM with corresponding publishing details.
208 pages, Hardcover
Published September 27, 2010
About the author
Arvo Pärt
121 books14 followersWorks of Estonian-born composer Arvo Pärt draw on modern styles, such as serialism and minimalism, and reflect his interest in Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic liturgy.
He makes classical and religious music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt employs tintinnabula, his self-invented technique. Gregorian chant in part inspires music of Pärt. His most performed include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Für Alina (1976).
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He makes classical and religious music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt employs tintinnabula, his self-invented technique. Gregorian chant in part inspires music of Pärt. His most performed include Fratres (1977), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), and Für Alina (1976).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_P%...
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