Arvo Part's White Light - Media, Culture, Politics

The first substantial volume in English to explore the impact of Arvo Pärt on contemporary music and culture.

List of contents

1. Introduction Laura Dolp; 2. Empathy and tintinnabuli music in film Maria Cizmic; 3. Pärt and the sound of one hand clapping Robert Sholl; 4. Pärt and the experience of the neutral Sander van Maas; 5. Ethos and the industry of culture Laura Dolp; 6. An ethnography of spirituality Kythe Heller; 7. Politics and protest Michael Palmese; 8. Sonic embodiment C. J. May; 9. Performing Pärt Andrew Shenton.

About the author

Laura Dolp's interdisciplinary research explores the historical agency of music as a site of human transformation, including music and spirituality, the interrelation of music and social spaces, mapping and musical practices, and the poetics of the natural world. She is co-contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt (Cambridge, 2012) and Artistic Citizenship: Artistry, Social Responsibility, and Ethical Praxis (2016). Her work also appears in altrelettere, 19th-Century Music, and the Journal of Musicological Research. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York.

Summary

This book presents a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to the study of the contemporary composer Arvo Pärt and his reception. The volume charts his influence on areas including film, cultural programming, new media, cultures of listening, politics and performance practice. It addresses a wide readership across the humanities, with technical analysis kept to a minimum.

Product details

• Authors: Laura (Montclair State University Dolp
• Assisted by: Laura Dolp (Editor), Laura (Montclair State University Dolp (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781316633953
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63395-3
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 244 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Non-fiction book; Popular Culture, European History, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / General, Theory of music & musicology, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Theory of music and musicology