Between Two Sounds
Arvo Pärt’s Journey to His Musical Language
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2024
Plough Publishing House (Verlag)
978-1-63608-134-2 (ISBN)
Plough Publishing House (Verlag)
978-1-63608-134-2 (ISBN)
A graphic novel follows the celebrated Estonian composer through the cultural, political, personal, and spiritual upheavals that led to the distinctive style that made him the most performed living composer in the world.
Winner of NPR Best Books of 2024
Gold Medal, 2024 PubWest Book Design Award
Gold Medal, 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY)
Gold Medal, 2025 IBPA Book Awards
Between Two Sounds follows the life of world-famous composer Arvo Pärt from his birth in Estonia in 1935 through 1980, when the Soviets forced him to emigrate because of the nonconformist and religious nature of his music.
Based on years of research and close collaboration with Arvo Pärt himself, Joonas Sildre paints an atmospheric portrait of a restless artist who does not shy away from confronting state control or his own internal contradictions.
Arvo Pärt stormed Soviet-occupied Estonia's music scene in the 1960s as a brash young man pushing the limits of avant-garde modernism. Then he fell silent, no longer able to express what he felt through the musical language he had inherited. When he reemerged a decade later, he had found, in that silence between sounds, a new musical language inspired by ancient sacred music, the basis of his distinctive tintinnabuli technique. This graphic novel will appeal not just to fans of Arvo Pärt’s music but to anyone who has known the struggle to remain true to oneself whatever the cost.
Winner of NPR Best Books of 2024
Gold Medal, 2024 PubWest Book Design Award
Gold Medal, 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY)
Gold Medal, 2025 IBPA Book Awards
Between Two Sounds follows the life of world-famous composer Arvo Pärt from his birth in Estonia in 1935 through 1980, when the Soviets forced him to emigrate because of the nonconformist and religious nature of his music.
Based on years of research and close collaboration with Arvo Pärt himself, Joonas Sildre paints an atmospheric portrait of a restless artist who does not shy away from confronting state control or his own internal contradictions.
Arvo Pärt stormed Soviet-occupied Estonia's music scene in the 1960s as a brash young man pushing the limits of avant-garde modernism. Then he fell silent, no longer able to express what he felt through the musical language he had inherited. When he reemerged a decade later, he had found, in that silence between sounds, a new musical language inspired by ancient sacred music, the basis of his distinctive tintinnabuli technique. This graphic novel will appeal not just to fans of Arvo Pärt’s music but to anyone who has known the struggle to remain true to oneself whatever the cost.
Joonas Sildre is an Estonian comic artist, illustrator, and graphic designer who specializes in biographical books. Adam Cullen is a freelance translator of Estonian prose, poetry, and drama.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | Adam Cullen |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations throughout; Illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-63608-134-7 / 1636081347 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-63608-134-2 / 9781636081342 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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