Musical instruments in Tibetan legend and folklore / Peter Crossley-Holland.

Author/creator Crossley-Holland, Peter
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles : University of California, Program in Ethnomusicology, Dept. of Music, 1982.
Description42 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMonograph series in Ethnomusicology ; 3
Monograph series in ethnomusicology ; 3. ^A182222
Contents sGra-snyan (The lute). The properly tuned lute ; How the goddess Tārā became a patroness of music ; The princess's lute breaks a spell ; The ogre's magical lute ; The top string of the lute -- Dung-dKar (The conch-shell trumpet). The magical conch of the Nāga king ; The Buddha sends a conch to tibet ; The conch wound to the left -- rKang-gLing (The thigh-bone trumpet). The place of the thigh-bone trumpet -- Dung-chen (The long trumpet). The voices of the elephants ; How the great trumpet came to Tibet ; The trumpet's mighty voice and the drum's overwhelming boom -- Phyed-rNga (The bön frame-drum). The sorcerer who flew on a drum ; Why the sorcerer hides his face in a drum ; The spirits beating the drum -- Damaru (The hand-drum). How a drum indented the ice-dome of Mount Kailas ; The self-resounding drums -- Conclusion.
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