The spirit of early European polyphony informed the composition of Pärt's transitional Third Symphony (1971); after that, he immersed himself in early music, reinvestigating the roots of Western music. He studied plainsong, Gregorian chant, and the emergence of polyphony in the European Renaissance.
the spirit of early european polyphony informed the composition of pärt's transitional third symphony (1971); after that he immersed himself in early music reinvestigating the roots of western music he studied plainsong gregorian chant and the emergence of polyphony in the european renaissance