Tintinnabulation
Useless trivia of the day.
Years ago I heard an oboe piece by Arvo Pärt, an Estonian composer.
I loved it, so I looked up more and found another piece. It was so peaceful...like in a linen commercial, or an out-of-body experience when you're clad in a light, natural blue silk tulle, flying swiftly over oceans and mountains, clouds and forests, but everything is quiet and light with nothing but a featherweight soundtrack playing in your mind.
"Spiegel Im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt. Also, "Für Alina".
So, I was reading today, and he created this musical phenomenon in his compositions, and no wonder I like those two pieces so much...they both have to do with this phenomenon. I love how he describes it:
"Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning. The complex and many-faceted only confuses me, and I must search for unity. What is it, this one thing, and how do I find my way to it? Traces of this perfect thing appear in many guises - and everything that is unimportant falls away. Tintinnabulation is like this...The three notes of a triad are like bells. And that is why I call it tintinnabulation."
Years ago I heard an oboe piece by Arvo Pärt, an Estonian composer.
I loved it, so I looked up more and found another piece. It was so peaceful...like in a linen commercial, or an out-of-body experience when you're clad in a light, natural blue silk tulle, flying swiftly over oceans and mountains, clouds and forests, but everything is quiet and light with nothing but a featherweight soundtrack playing in your mind.
"Spiegel Im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt. Also, "Für Alina".
So, I was reading today, and he created this musical phenomenon in his compositions, and no wonder I like those two pieces so much...they both have to do with this phenomenon. I love how he describes it:
"Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning. The complex and many-faceted only confuses me, and I must search for unity. What is it, this one thing, and how do I find my way to it? Traces of this perfect thing appear in many guises - and everything that is unimportant falls away. Tintinnabulation is like this...The three notes of a triad are like bells. And that is why I call it tintinnabulation."