Universal Edition Spiegel Im Spiegel - Part - Cello/Piano - Sheet Music

Composer: Arvo Part
Format: Sheet Music
Instrumentation: Cello and Piano

Spiegel im Spiegel is a well-known example of Arvo Part's Tintinnabuli style and has been used in many films. Spiegel im Spiegel for violin (here for violoncello) and piano, written in 1978, illustrates his creative principles: above a permanent flow of chords on the piano, the cello unfolds a cantilena in long note values, which grows out of succinct steps. This cantilena spins out sweeping, chorale-like arches and spreads itself out more and more. It thus gives rise to a new architectonic configuration which, like a mediation chapel, stimulates reflection, prayer or the desire for redemption. - Jurgen Kochel