Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrvo ˈpært]; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music is in part inspired by Gregorian chant. Pärt has been the most performed living composer in the world for 5 consecutive years.
Life
Pärt was born in Paide, Järva County, Estonia, and was raised by his mother and stepfather in Rakvere in northern Estonia. He began to experiment with the top and bottom notes as the family's piano's middle register was damaged. His first serious study came in 1954 at the Tallinn Music Middle School, but less than a year later he temporarily abandoned it to fulfill military service, playing oboe and percussion in the army band. While at the Tallinn Conservatory, he studied composition with Heino Eller. As a student, he produced music for film and the stage. During the 1950s, he also completed his first vocal composition, the cantata Meie aed ('Our Garden') for children's choir and orchestra. He graduated in 1963. From 1957 to 1967, he worked as a sound producer for Estonian radio.
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by: B. ReithI was young,
I was told
I should follow my dreams
from my worse broken heart
to a world that just seems
to move on...
Dance with the wind,
now she's gone.
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Yeah I've fallen from grace.
I've had beautiful eyes stare me right in the face.
And move on...
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now she's gone.
No need to talk about it.
Like it won't happen,
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And moments like this will bring you down.
Moments like this will bring you round.
Moments like this will make you strong.
Now that they're gone.
Now they're gone.
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Now they're gone.
No more searching for signs
for a song I can sing.
Now I'm living my life
like a bird on a wing.
Movin' on...
Dance with the wind,
feeling strong.
No need to talk about it.
Like it won't happen,
'cause the chances are that it will.
Try not to talk about it,
just get it started.
Don't waste your time standing still.
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Moments like this will bring you round.
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Now that they're gone.
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Now that they're gone.
Now they're gone.
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If it don't kill you, it makes you strong.
If it don't kill you, it makes you strong.
If it don't kill you, it makes you strong.
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