Parallel title |
Chinese Buddhist monastic chants |
Variant title |
Fanbai |
Series |
Recent researches in the oral traditions of music, 1066-8209 ; 8 Recent researches in the oral traditions of music 8. ^A682715
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Contents |
History and background. Major categories of early Chinese Buddhist chants ; Liturgies of contemporary Chinese Buddhism ; Chant principles and techniques ; Monastic instruments and music notation ; Modern conceptions of Buddhist music -- Categorization and analysis of musical styles. Free chant ; Prayer ; Dhāraṇi based on a precomposed melody ; Praises ; Gāthās -- The Chinese Buddhist daily service. Editions of daily recitation books ; Structure and contents ; The morning service ; The evening service -- Plates and transcriptions -- Facsimile : complete liturgy of the daily service. |
Contents |
CD contents. Opening gāthā of Śūraṅgama Dhāraṇi -- Complete main text of the morning service -- Text of Worshipping Buddhas and penance -- A prayer -- Zhunti dhāraṇi : from the Ritual of releasing the flaming mouths -- Baoding zan = (Incense praise) -- Hua fengxian : from the Precious penitential liturgy of the Emperor Liang -- Gāthā of Washing the (statue of the) Buddha -- Vowing gāthā of the great transference of merit -- Yuanxiao sanzhang zhu fannao = (Gāthā of merit transference). Melody 1 ; Melody 2 -- Morning bell gāthā -- Invocation of Amitābha Buddha : free-tune invocation -- Antiphonal invocation of Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha -- Zhenuo miaoti : the slow mode of fanqiang : from the jianyan in the first division of Sanshi xinian -- Mode of shuqiang : from the jianyan in the second division of Sanshi xinian -- Mode of daoqiang : from the jianyan in the third division of Sanshi xinian. |
Local note | JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY SCORE ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER: MusicLib MD-34 |
Local note | JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY SCORE ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER: MusicLib MD-34 |
General note | Accompanying CD contains recordings of the chants in the score mostly performed by people at the Xiang guang Buddhist Temple and the Fo guang shan Monastery, both in Taiwan. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165) and glossary. |
Performer |
Accompanying CD principally performed by members of the Xiang guang Buddhist Temple and the Fo guang shan Monastery, Taiwan. |
Language | Song texts in Chinese; commentary in English. |
ISBN | 9780895796721 |
ISBN | 0895796724 |