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Music of Tibet [1] is a historic recording, made by world religion scholar Huston Smith in 1967. [2] While traveling in India, Smith was staying at the Gyuto Monastery. While listening to the monks chanting, he realized that each monk was producing multiple overtones for each note, creating a chord from a single voice.
Monks playing dungchen, Tibetan long trumpets, from the roof of the Medical College, Lhasa, 1938 Street musician playing a dramyin, Shigatse, Tibet, 1993. The music of Tibet reflects the cultural heritage of the trans-Himalayan region centered in Tibet, but also known wherever ethnic Tibetan groups are found in Nepal, Bhutan, India and further abroad.
The lyrics for the second album was written by Dagthon Jampa Gyaltsen, Tibetan Astronomy and Astrology master at Mentseekhang (Tibetan Medical Institute) Dharamshala, India. Their songs are about Tibetan love and freedom. The song Ngatso Bhoe ki Dokpa (We Tibetan Nomads) from the first album became an all-time favourite. It has been covered ...
Written by Trijang Rinpoche around 1950, a tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama, the lyrics focus on the radiance of the Gautama Buddha. [2]The melody is said to be based on a very old piece of Tibetan sacred music, and some of its elements are also found in other Tibetan songs such as that of Mimang Langlu, a song of the 1959 Tibetan uprising.
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Free Tibet calls for the release of the jailed singers, stating, "Music is a vital part of Tibetans' resistance to Chinese rule. Singers like these not only keep alive a culture that China is trying to erase from the world, but their songs embody the aspirations, fears and courage of a people who remain and defiant after 60 years of occupation."
Vajara was founded by six young Tibetan people in 1999, [3] all of whom were born in the 1970s. [8] Dawa began his musical career while studying at Beijing's Minzu University of China in the early 1990s, where he sought a style separate from American rock and the rock music of Han Chinese people.
Starting at the age of eight, Lhamo, recognized by many as a child prodigy, and her sister, Kelsang Chukie Tethong, trained under great masters of Tibetan Opera and Classical Music at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts set up by the Dalai Lama. Lhamo trained for fourteen years.