Fratres

Fratres
Instrumental music by Arvo Pärt
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Composed1977 (1977)
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Fratres (meaning "brothers" in Latin) is a musical work by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt exemplifying his tintinnabuli style of composition. It was composed in 1977. It is written for three parts without fixed instrumentation and has been described as a "mesmerizing set of variations on a six-bar theme combining frantic activity and sublime stillness."

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