Welcome to my project! I am Tristan Orlofski, and I am (at the time of writing) a Junior at Columbia taking Introduction to East Asian Cultures: Tibet. This is my final project, in which I focus on a particular Tibetan song and music video, Fly, by Anu, and attempt to break down the cultural influences surrounding it, and relate it to what we have studied. Enjoy! To move on … [Read more...]
Tibetan Music Through Time
A Tibetan Music blog by Alain Dana Jabbour Introduction: In its earliest forms, Tibetan Music took its roots in Buddhism and religious practices. While not that much is known on the specific time period and early development of Tibetan music, we can qualify that genre as a type of Himalayan music, to the likes of Nepalese or Bhutanese music. The earliest records available … [Read more...]
Exploring Tibetan Music and Its Western Counterparts Over Time
A website by Peter Jiang & Christopher Yuan Shen. Visit HERE. … [Read more...]
Tibetan Instruments
Because music is extremely integral to any form of dance, it makes sense to take some time to focus on the various Tibetan instruments that make up Tibetan ritual music. Tibetan instruments can usually be divided into three categories: drums, wind instruments, and cymbals. Despite this apparent lack of variety, Tibetan ritual music is fairly rhythmically and … [Read more...]