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Arvo Pärt

1935 - Today

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Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arvo Pärt is the 101st most popular composer (down from 100th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Estonia (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Composer.

Arvo Pärt is most famous for his tintinnabuli style of composition.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Arvo Pärt ranks 101 out of 1,451. Before him are Pierre Boulez, Jacopo Peri, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Leonard Bernstein, Pietro Mascagni, and Mikis Theodorakis. After him are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joaquín Rodrigo, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Léo Delibes, and Giacomo Meyerbeer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Arvo Pärt ranks 16. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Luis Suárez, Donald Sutherland, Kenzaburō Ōe, and Faisal II of Iraq. After him are Isao Takahata, Julie Andrews, Michel Aoun, Theo Angelopoulos, David Prowse, and John Saxon.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Arvo Pärt ranks 3 out of 351. Before him are Catherine I of Russia (1684), and Alfred Rosenberg (1893). After him are Emil Lenz (1804), Arnold Rüütel (1928), Karl Ernst von Baer (1792), Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778), Konstantin Päts (1874), Lennart Meri (1929), Wolfgang Köhler (1887), Paul Keres (1916), and Kaja Kallas (1977).

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Among COMPOSERS In Estonia

Among composers born in Estonia, Arvo Pärt ranks 1. After him are Evald Aav (1900), Veljo Tormis (1930), Eduard Tubin (1905), Heino Eller (1887), Alexei Lvov (1798), Käbi Laretei (1922), Ester Mägi (1922), Juhan Aavik (1884), Miina Härma (1864), Artur Kapp (1878), and Rudolf Tobias (1873).

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