Visualmotive Blog » mp3 http://blog.visualmotive.com Thoughts on maps and visualization Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:18:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Arvo Pärt http://blog.visualmotive.com/2009/arvo-part/ http://blog.visualmotive.com/2009/arvo-part/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:11:43 +0000 Chris Mueller http://blog.visualmotive.com/?p=3 Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa surprises us for its apparent simplicity yet forceful emotional content. Tabula Rasa features two violins, piano, and orchestra. Linked here is the 4th section.]]> Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa surprises us for its apparent simplicity yet forceful emotional content. Tabula Rasa features two violins, piano, and orchestra. Linked here is the 4th section.

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The composer describes his music as tintinnabuli, or a ringing of the bells. His influences range from neoclassical to medieval chant to Schoenberg and the 20th century minimalists. Attempts to categorize Pärt trend to sacred- or holy-minimalism; his work often contains Christian motivation and text and is rhythmically simple and often mathematically derived. He was born in 1935.

Thanks to @neverett for the recommendation.

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