John Levy

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John Levy, an ethnomusicologist from London, took refuge in Tibetan Buddhism. Thus he had the opportunity to capture, using his stereo Nagra field recorder, these ancient rituals, even the most sacred, in the principal Dzongs (great fort-like monasteries) and temples in Bhutan during the early seventies.

Anyone who has heard these recordings will acknowledge that there's nothing more powerful, more prodigious and pure than this collection.

(Biography Last updated 14 March 2005)

‘Tibetan and Bhutanese Intrumental and Folk Music Volume 2’ by John Levy

Release date 30 January 2006
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Recorded by John Levy in 1971, this is the second part of Levy's enterprise: to capture not only the sacred music of the Tibetan ritual in Bhutan, but also aspects of the folk music too. What's documented here is unique.

This second volume features performances on both Tibetan and Bhutanese lutes ... [more]

‘Tibetan Buddhist Rites From The Monasteries Of Bhutan Volume 1’ by John Levy

Release date 22 March 2005
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A double CD with extensive liner notes, Volume 1 presents the great power of the rituals of the Drupka and Nyingmapa orders, recorded in the early seventies by British ethnomusicologist John Levy...

Invited by the King of Bhutan, Levy was afforded every facility for recording monastic music in the principal fort-like ... [more]

John Levy

Releases by John Levy

‘Tibetan and Bhutanese Intrumental and Folk Music Volume 2’ by John Levy

‘Tibetan Buddhist Rites From The Monasteries Of Bhutan Volume 1’ by John Levy

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