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CONSOLATIONS.(composer Arvo Part)(Interview)

The New Yorker

| December 02, 2002 | Ross, Alex | COPYRIGHT 2002 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A discography of Part's recordings

A few years ago, a man who faced a terminal diagnosis of cancer asked a friend to give him some compact disks so that he could have a little music to help him get through the night. Among the recordings that the friend sent was "Tabula Rasa," on the ECM label, which contained three works by the Estonian composer Arvo Part. A day or two later, the man called to thank his friend for the disks, and, especially, for the Part. In the last weeks of his life, he listened to practically nothing else.

Several people have told me essentially this same story about the still, sad music of Part--how it became, for them or for ...

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