''Music of Tibet'' is a historic recording, made by world religion scholar

Huston Smith Huston Cummings Smith (May 31, 1919 – December 30, 2016) was an influential scholar of religious studies in the United States, He authored at least thirteen books on world's religions and philosophy, and his book about comparative religion, ' ...

in 1967. While traveling in India, Smith was staying at the

Gyuto Gyuto (also spelled Gyütö or Gyüto) Tantric University is one of the great monastic institutions of the Gelug Order. History Gyuto () was founded in 1475 by Jetsun Kunga Dhondup and is one of the main tantric colleges of the Gelug traditi ...

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. He made a recording of the chanting and had engineers at MIT confirm the phenomenon, which is known as overtone singing.NPR story of recording and MIT analysis
/ref> The recording was originally released as an LP on Anthology Records. In 2005 the master tapes were digitized for a CD on the GemsTone label. Royalties from sales of the CD go to the

Gyuto Tantric University Gyuto (also spelled Gyütö or Gyüto) Tantric University is one of the great monastic institutions of the Gelug Order. History Gyuto () was founded in 1475 by Jetsun Kunga Dhondup and is one of the main tantric colleges of the Gelug traditi ...

in India.

Track listing

*1 Drumbeat to Summon the Deities *2 Guhyasamaja Tantra (Excerpt) *3 A Prayer for Refuge *4 Invocation of mGon-po *5 Invocation of Mahakala *6 Prayer of Absolution and Purification *7 Selections from Guhyasamaja Tantra (Chapter 5) *8 Prayer to mGon-po (Mahakala) *9 Prayer to Hla-Mo *10 Prayer to Chos-Gyal (Dharmaraja or Yama) *11 Prayer for the Preservation of the Buddha Dharma *12 Invocation of Mahakala *13 Prayer to Mahakala

Credits

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

- Technical Assistance *Nick Morgan - Technical Assistance *David Schonbrunn - Technical Assistance *Romio Shrestha - Images *Huston Smith - Engineer, Liner Notes

References

External links

Official Website
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