Chanting the Medicine Buddha Sutra : a musical transcription and English translation of the Medicine Buddha Service of the Liberation Rite of Water and Land at Fo Guang Shan Monastery / edited by Reed Criddle.

Format:

Musical score

Contributor:

Criddle, Reed, editor.

Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order.

Series:

Recent researches in the oral traditions of music ; 13.

Recent researches in the oral traditions of music, 1066-8209 ; 13

Standardized Title:

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhārājasūtra. Chinese

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist chants--Scores.

Buddhist chants.

Buddhist music--China.

Buddhist music.

China.

Genre:

Chants.

Scores.

Live sound recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 score (xxiii, 77 pages) : illustrations ; 31 cm + 2 audio discs (4 3/4 in).

CD 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., [2020]

Language Note:

Staff notation.

Song texts in Chinese, also printed separately at text with transliteration and English translation ; commentary in English.

System Details:

CD digital

CD optical

CD 1.4 m/s

CD audio file

CD CD audio

Summary:

"This edition, comprising a sound recording, transcription, and English translation, provides a record of the Liberation Rite of Water and Land as a resource for the study, analysis, and further exploration of both the Medicine Buddha Sutra and the accompanying liturgical service. The editor created it at the invitation of Fo Guang Shan monastery, and it outlines both the textual and musical elements of the service. Designed as a chantbook, it is intended to be a tool for all those who wish to participate in the vocal elements of the service, from the uninitiated monastery visitor to musical ensembles that might use these musical fragments as inspiration for appropriately staged performances. It is especially conceived for non-Chinese speaking monastics in the Buddhist college and/or those who have experience reading Western musical notation." -- Provided by publisher.

Participant:

Principally performed by nuns and lay Buddhists at the Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Taiwan.

Notes:

Music recorded on 2017 December 16 Fo Guang Shan Monastery's Great Compassion Shrine.

Includes preface discussing the transcription and translation from Chinese, and introduction with background information on the sutra, temple and ceremony.

Includes bibliographical references.

Accompanying "CDs contain an unedited, live recording of the complete Medicine Buddha Service at Fo Guang Shan Monastery's Great Compassion Shrine"--Accompanying material.

Complete track listing accompanies each CD.

Contains:

Musical setting of: Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhārājasūtra. Chinese

ISBN:

9781987204308

1987204301

OCLC:

1148584636