P(?)rt Arvo (1935—) is an Estonian composer. His early creations are influenced byShostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok, Schoenberg and other composers, but also related tothe neo-classical, total serialism and the new Baroque and other styles. He came outto explore the tintinnabuli style and create the tintinnabuli composition techniques.The musical style and religious ideas are closely linked, as the compositiontechniques is a perfect interpretation of this idea. The ‘silence’ of the tintinnabulicomposition techniques has been obviously and easily used in his works. The articleis based on this argument for further research. |