How Arvo Pärt Tintinnabulates

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Music:
- Arvo Pärt: Für Alina (1976), performed by Andrey Surotdinov: • Arvo Pärt -Für Alina. ...
- Arvo Pärt: Credo (1968), performed by Erik Cortés and the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM conducted by Ludwig Carrasco: • Credo, Arvo Pärt
- Arvo Pärt: “O Morgenstern” from Seven Magnificat Antiphons (1988, 1991), performed by the Byrd Ensemble directed by Markdavin Obenza: • Seven Magnificat Antip...
- Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine for string quartet (2004/6), performed by the Feguš Quartet: • Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Do...
- Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (1977), performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France conducted by Kent Nagano: • Arvo Pärt : Cantus in ...
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@ClassicalNerd Год назад

*TWO NOTES:* 1) This video was all ready to go _before_ my last video, but it was in false-copyright-claim limbo. Thus, the patrons credits doesn't include *Alice Wyan* or *James Comins,* who I would like to thank for their support. 2) At 5:13, there's a big goof where the sheet music simply didn't render because my computer has gremlins or something. It plays back fine on my file, so I don't know what happened between my hard disk and RU-vid, but it's not the kind of thing that warrants a reupload.

@Drakethatsme Год назад

Not gonna lie, I didn't see this comment and thought no sheet music was a conscious choice - to be honest, I quite liked it.

@Julius-cd4fc Год назад

Same, it felt quite powerful to just listen

@rusticagenerica 8 месяцев назад

" but it's not the kind of thing that warrants a reupload." The video you mentioned is excellent ! Definitely worth a reupload ! please.

@KevinTPLim 11 дней назад

i really liked the part where the sheet music stopped appearing - i closed my eyes and just listened. assumed it was deliberate, but if it wasn't, maybe it was meant to be ;) thank you for this video

@pawncube2050 Год назад

I hate when someone starts tintinnabulating all over the place

@sabakopernik7637 Год назад

sorry i won't do it again 😊

@gracewenzel Год назад

My favorite part of Tintinnabuli was when Tintin showed up and said “It’s Tintin’ time!” And Tintinnabulated all over everyone

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Truly one of the pieces of all time

@Scriabin_fan Год назад

@@gracewenzel I loved the part where Tintin said " I'm the one who Tintinnabulates" to his concerned wife.

@a.nobodys.nobody Год назад

That part

@jimstantinople Год назад

i saw the boston symphony play the cantus for britten when id never heard of it before and its simplicity is gorgeous and heartbreaking. instant favorite piece. i love pärt's distilled consonances

@Lampredi4 Год назад

I am a student of history and I found your channel through your videos on the Mighty 5 when I was reading about Imperial Russian cultural history. I am pretty uneducated when it comes to music, but following your videos for all these years certainly bred in me the desire to learn. I am going through Craig Wright’s listening to music lectures and book now and hoping to attend piano lessons just as soon as I can afford it. Cheers and many thanks

@silviagrilec3041 Год назад

Hi. I have a colleague composer, who studied classical composition. He knows a lot about Arvo Paart’s music, along with other historical eras of western art. If you are interested in music lessons, let me know. Thank you.

@nicholasrussell4557 Год назад

The way this came out AFTER I submitted an assignment on Pärt for my theory class is insane

@donna25871 Год назад

Paul Hillier is the great interpreter of Part - which makes sense when you consider his great knowledge and experience performing Medieval music.

@jackdolphy8965 5 месяцев назад

Just a listener here, whoever informed. Thank you for explaining what the heck AP was doing. I had always thought he just heard stuff like this. No idea he had this construction thing going on. Thank you!!🙏🏼

@jackcharlesdoublebassist3617 Год назад

Brilliant! I love how you didn’t cut off the basses accented bottom C in the Credo score. Very important note in the texture that is always a delight to send

@timcollins5349 11 месяцев назад

Grand C Nerd, you have done it again. Love the shirt btw.

@colbysavary 8 месяцев назад

Been looking for an explanation of this that allowed to me utilize this technique without copying - this is it! Thanks so much for this!

@seanriedy Год назад

Great video! We just sang "Da pacem Domine" last semester in choir: such a beautiful and heartbreaking piece. Thanks for making this!

@arrandan Год назад

This just showed up in my suggested videos, for which I'm grateful. Great explanation, and nicely offset against the little Casio synth/calculator in the background!

@Pianisimo1875 Год назад

Awesome sauce. I find this interesting. I am a composer myself; I feel like using this method or use an inspiration of it, in my music.

@DarwinIsInCharge 6 месяцев назад

You are a treasure, reminds me of being in school

@la2z029l 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the great video! I fell in love with the composer. I wish I had been able to take lectures like this when I was in university. I did not major music… but I compose music as hobby, and this kind of videos really enlighten me A LOT. I would love to learn more, so could anybody recommend some books related to history of music and composing? Especially I would love to know more about modern and contemporary musics…

@paulmccabe2966 Год назад

Would love to know more about Arvo Parts' compositions..

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Most analysis of his compositions is in figuring out how he's using tintinnabuli, and why.

@rwalterrust Год назад

Here's a video that goes much more in depth into Part's music: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W_eqyeW-L6A.html

@smguy7 Год назад

I am totally going to try this compositional technique out myself in my electronic music. Thanks!

@SuonoReale Год назад

Thank you!

@paulmahoux 7 месяцев назад

Very nice ! Thank you. 🙏

@antjamnow1286 Год назад

I'm just here for the Pärty

@seanramsdell4117 Год назад

Haven't requested for a while: Classical Music in Cartoons, Classical Music Labels and Classical Music in Cinema/TV

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Individuals can only have five votes in the request pool at any given time. You currently have four. I suggest you choose one of the 388 items in the pool already instead of adding a new one: www.lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@syroyid Год назад

Great explanation! Many thanks

@smashissocool65 Год назад

Is Arvo Part Musical’s Dumbledore?

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

I humbly submit Leif Segerstam for that role.

@smashissocool65 Год назад

@@ClassicalNerd i had to look up who that is lol

@smashissocool65 Год назад

Who is your favorite living composer

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

@@smashissocool65 There are so many good ones! If I had to pick, I'd go with Kaija Saariaho.

@reev9759 10 месяцев назад

You can't be "richly" deserving of something.

@adn8099 5 месяцев назад

Yes you can.

@Sevish Год назад

Always wondered what that word meant, now I know!

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Microtonal tintinnabuli soon? 👀

@ericrakestraw664 Год назад

Arvo Pärt's tintinnabuli technique sounds so pure and natural, the way music should be written, because it is based on the overtone series. Compare that to something like set theory which sounds completely random and unpredictable to the ear.

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

I agree with the point about tintinnabuli sounding very "natural," but that makes me curious about how you hear spectral music, since it uses even purer approximations of the overtone series.

@ShatteredbyDecease Год назад

Which notes relate to each other in Da pacem Domine? I find it quite hard to spot and see how it works 7:47 even though I get the premise of the earlier explanations.

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Good question! Remember that the "T" in "T-voice" stands for "triad"-a very quick way to spot the T-voices are to look at the voices that exclusively play notes of a triad. So this system appears to be violin 1 T+2 from violin 2, and viola T+2 from the cello (ignoring the first viola F).

@rusticagenerica 8 месяцев назад

Who allowed the use of the Tintinnabulation?

@ClassicalNerd 8 месяцев назад

What do you mean by "allowed?"

@cheri238 Год назад

❤

@smashissocool65 Год назад

Who would you say is the greatest composer without any biased or personal opinions?

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

I don't think that is possible to determine, as you would have to come up with metrics that are sufficiently unbiased, and I don't think enough of those exist in any art.

@smashissocool65 Год назад

@@ClassicalNerd i see, btw is morton feldman still doing time

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

@@smashissocool65 he got off with a fine and some community service after the rodent incident

@smashissocool65 Год назад

What would you do if Feldman made a scene inside a fast food joint cause something Boulez related happened or Boulez himself was there, and you were held responsible of Feldman?

@screwthishi5thing Год назад

Don't take this comment too seriously but I think you should get some facial hair

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Well, watch around-it's come and gone over the years. (Peaking in my old, old Debussy video.)

@Liisa3139 Год назад

That piece in memory of Benjamin Britten sounds like film music, which in my book is not a good thing. Sorry, but no.

@robertrust Год назад

Probably the best explanation of the technique on RU-vid right now. It’s worth pointing out that it is actually incredibly difficult composing effectively with the tintinnabuli technique. This is in part due to its close association with texts, which are often used to generate the melody.

@simonrodriguez4685 Год назад

Indeed great and demystifying explanation.

@simonrodriguez4685 Год назад

What must be hard is using it and to not to end up sounding like Pärt...

@robertrust Год назад

@@simonrodriguez4685 Nobody tries out of fear of sounding derivative, which is stupid excuse. People need to have the courage to imitate genius.

@signodeinterrogacion8361 Год назад

Yep, it's definitely 'in *part* ' alright.

@simonrodriguez4685 Год назад

@@robertrust By people playing the “part” is how things get rusty.

@samsun216 Год назад

Thank you!

@DerHerrMitR 7 месяцев назад

When he said "It's tintinnabulatin' time" and started tintinnabulating al over the place....Truly one of the composers of all time.

@idrisbalavakos Год назад

This method reminds me of my earliest writings before I knew a single thing about harmony or counterpoint. It's sounds so beautifully distilled.

@scottglasgowmusic Год назад

Thanks for the video! Love Arvo Pärt's music for many years and he is a huge influence on my own music. I don't think you mentioned his "expanding and contracting rhythms". Look at the "Fur Alina" piano piece. It starts with 1 note per bar, then 2, then 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 notes then reverses back from 7, 6, 5,4,3,2. He does this rhythm expansion / contraction in his piece "Fratres" too. There is much more going on in this music then seems on first viewing or analysis but your analysis of Tintinabulation is right on. Thanks again for doing this. How about a video on Peteris Vasks, Henrik Gorecki or Erik-sven Tüür? There is also a few American composers needing some analysis.... Michael Torke, Michael Dougherty, Richard Danielpour, Steven Stucky, Aaron Kernis and my own teacher John Corigliano.

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

My request list is very long [ www.lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html ] so I limit individuals to five votes and *strongly* encourage them to vote for topics already in the pool.

@scottglasgowmusic Год назад

@@ClassicalNerd Cool. Long list, at least I see Korngold on there. How could Orff be at the bottom? Congrats on your success! I have a channel myself (film music composers and techniques) but if I had people telling me what the subject was or which composer my videos would be on, I would stop making videos right away. It becomes work I don't want to do and distract from my real job as a composer full time. I do mine for fun and extension of my teaching days at UCLA. Good luck! I'll be watching of course.

@GalenDeGraf 10 месяцев назад

@@scottglasgowmusic If you're interested in more detail on Arvo Pärt in a video specifically for composers, I've just put that over on my channel.

@scottglasgowmusic 10 месяцев назад

@@GalenDeGraf Thanks will check it out. I have however studied his music for a decade and understand what he is doing-- even taught about his music at UCLA. I've also incorporated this style my own music.

@ETMargraf Год назад

Could you do a video on Ligeti and his Meccanico style?

@brendaboykin3281 Год назад

Thank you, Thomas. Thoroughly enjoyed your excellent presentation. ABSOLUTELY LOVE the verb TINTINABULATE. I'll be using it, purposely, joyously and inaccurately.🌹🌹🌹😎

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

It's a great word!

@TalesoftheBoatman Год назад

Intriguing, succinct, and well-presented. Thank you for the most engaging RU-vid video I've seen in a while.

@johannesbowman2194 Год назад

Love this video. Also Inception at 0:33

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

*_BWAAAAAAAAAAA_*

@smashissocool65 Год назад

Sounds wizardry enough lol

@gexahedrop8923 Год назад

what no one is discussing, though, is that Part sometimes uses different scales for t-voice and m-voice, e. g., in Fratres, which is very nice

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Isn't this the point made at 7:17?

@gexahedrop8923 Год назад

@@ClassicalNerd oh true, missed that, thanks

@ricucci-hillmusic Год назад

Honestly, this video did the most to actually helping me understand what tintinnabulation is. Simple as it is, I've always had some form of difficulty getting it til now. Thank you so much for posting this :)

@emilianoviolinista Год назад

Great video, I recently discover your channel and just want to say please keep the good work and thank you for sharing.

@michaelstevens8 Год назад

Outstanding Video as Always Thomas. You mentioned that sometimes the M Voice and T Voice are in different keys. Another technique he has used is the M and T Voice in the same key but Different Scales depending on how the T Voice is written. In other words, Monotonal/Polymodal at the same time, which is different than M Voice And T Voice in different keys but same mode, which could be Polytonal/Monomodal. Some of the techniques discussed can also be analyzed as a type of Pandiatonic writing. Thanks.

@mpmcd81 5 месяцев назад

Arvo Part’s music is the ultimate middle finger to Communism. Right up there with Shostakovich 5.

@Voiceof7A Год назад

A video about Rued Langgaard, Niels W. Gade or Gérard Grisey would be great

@TheTrueAltoClef Год назад

At first I was skeptical, but this is beautiful

@vrixphillips Год назад

kinda makes me wonder what would happen if someone applied his methods to non-12tet (like... 19tet or or just temp) music :O

@stephenweigel Год назад

Jacob Barton’s done it

@vrixphillips Год назад

@@stephenweigel oh nice! thanks :3

@davepowell7168 9 месяцев назад

🔔 Nb to self. 3:25

@ivankaramasov Год назад

I still find Pärt's music boring

@seanramsdell4117 Год назад

I thought you only do dead composers

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Notice how this is not a full biography. I do a similar thing in my videos on spectralism and New Complexity: breaking down composition technique while weaving in the amount of biographical detail that is relevant.

@janmoeyaert1 6 месяцев назад

Superbly useful video! Thank you.

@haldentoyorganist3896 Год назад

Now go 180... MAX REGER

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Duly noted: www.lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@harrisippola9287 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful, well presented and inspiring analysis, thank you! ❤

@a.nobodys.nobody Год назад

Zappa must have loved this stuff. Maybe?

@JohnMassari 8 месяцев назад

Superb video!

@LordEelHorse Год назад

Missing sheet music at 5:13 Still, a good demonstration of the technique.

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

After all these years, I'm really coming to hate iMovie.

@maxgraysax Год назад

Would love to see a video on Henri Tomasi!

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Duly noted: www.lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@bruitpur Год назад

Would you say the T voice is a bit similar to a drone?

@ClassicalNerd Год назад

Hmm. They're conceptually related, but not enough to be similar. Drones are often completely independent of whatever other material exists in a piece, and certainly don't alter their pitch/register as cued _by_ other material. But there _is_ a marked consistency to T-voices, and a consonance not dissimilar to the steady sound of a true drone.

@antjamnow1286 Год назад

Officer: you know why I pulled you over? Your window tint Me: you mean my window tintinnabulation? 😅 Officer: Step out of the car, sir. Are you on any drugs?