What is Arvo Pärt?
[[File:Arvo Pärt.jpg|thumb|upright|Arvo Pärt in [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin]], 2008]] '''Arvo Pärt''' (born 11 September 1935<ref name=bio/>) is an [[Estonia]]n [[composer]]. He wrote a large amount of [[religion|religious]] [[music]]. Pärt is sometimes called a [[minimalism|minimalist]] or 'holy minimalist'. The first piece he wrote used a style called [[serialism]]. He is influenced by the sound of [[Gregorian chant]], and has created his own technique for composing, which he calls [[tintinnabuli]]. ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.arvopart.org/bio.html|title=Biography|access-date=6 February 2013|archive-date=4 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704134501/http://www.arvopart.org/bio.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Part, Arvo}} [[Category:Estonian composers]] [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]]