Music of Tibet (album)

Music of Tibet
Studio album by The Gyuto Monks
Released	1967 (LP) 2005 (CD)
Recorded	1967
Genre	Ethnic
Label	GemsTone
Producer	Huston Smith

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. He made a recording of the chanting and had engineers at MIT confirm the phenomenon, which is known as overtone singing.^[3]

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 in India.

Track listing[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

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