Ter Ellingson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3639034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ter Ellingson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ter |
| FAMILY NAME | Ellingson |
| SIGNATURE | TER ELLINGSON |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seattle University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transcription (i)
The Myth of the Noble Savage
Arrow and Mirror
Oracles and shamans are ambivalent figures, for both members of their own societies and outside observers confronted with their extraordinary status and behavior. Ethnographic narratives dating from the earliest periods of European contact onward suggest that interaction with Tibetan oracles has often evoked departures from "ordinary" consciousness which are no less remarkable in foreign observers than in the oracle himself and his Tibetan assist…
Music and Media in Local Life
Zlos-Gar
The Dhimaybaja of Bhaktapur
Sri Lanka
The Way-Music
Ancient Indian Drum Syllables and Bu Ston's Sham Pa Ta Ritual
North India and solka.tu in the South, which are associated with specific drumstrokes and which seem to represent their sounds. These may, in fact, represent a more complex course of development in Indian musical history than has been previously assumed. On the basis of information presented in a number of texts, including one of the oldest surviving Indian musical notations and a 14th-century Tibetan dance manual, I propose to reopen the questio…
Don rta dbyangs gsum
"Explanation of the Secret Gcod Da ma ru" an Exploration of Musical Instrument Symbolism
The Explanation of the Secret Gcod 1amaru, a short treatise by 'Gyur med Blo gsal, expresses a unique understanding of life as seen through consideration of a musical instrument. From an ordinary viewpoint, the pa ma ru is simply a small drum used in the ritual practices of Gcod and other Tibetan Buddhist religious traditions. However, as seen through 'Gyur med Blo gsal's penetrating analysis, the damaru is a microcosmic embodiment of the basic
The Mathematics of Tibetan Rol Mo
by lineages of carefully trained and selected professional leader-directors (dbu mdzad, umdze), it had developed by the middle of the 20th century into a vast repertoire of named and notated compositions. Many of the hundreds of pieces that once existed are still played today in the Tibetan refugee monasteries of India and Nepal. Yet, rol mo remains a strangely unexplored form of musical art. Some Western writers deny altogether that much of it i…
Tibetan Buddhist Chant
Tibetan Buddhist Chant
Don rta dbyangs gsum
"Explanation of the Secret Gcod Da ma ru" an Exploration of Musical Instrument Symbolism
The Explanation of the Secret Gcod 1amaru, a short treatise by 'Gyur med Blo gsal, expresses a unique understanding of life as seen through consideration of a musical instrument. From an ordinary viewpoint, the pa ma ru is simply a small drum used in the ritual practices of Gcod and other Tibetan Buddhist religious traditions. However, as seen through 'Gyur med Blo gsal's penetrating analysis, the damaru is a microcosmic embodiment of the basic
The Mathematics of Tibetan Rol Mo
by lineages of carefully trained and selected professional leader-directors (dbu mdzad, umdze), it had developed by the middle of the 20th century into a vast repertoire of named and notated compositions. Many of the hundreds of pieces that once existed are still played today in the Tibetan refugee monasteries of India and Nepal. Yet, rol mo remains a strangely unexplored form of musical art. Some Western writers deny altogether that much of it i…
Ancient Indian Drum Syllables and Bu Ston's Sham Pa Ta Ritual
North India and solka.tu in the South, which are associated with specific drumstrokes and which seem to represent their sounds. These may, in fact, represent a more complex course of development in Indian musical history than has been previously assumed. On the basis of information presented in a number of texts, including one of the oldest surviving Indian musical notations and a 14th-century Tibetan dance manual, I propose to reopen the questio…
The Way-Music
Sri Lanka
Zlos-Gar
The Dhimaybaja of Bhaktapur
Music and Media in Local Life
Arrow and Mirror
Oracles and shamans are ambivalent figures, for both members of their own societies and outside observers confronted with their extraordinary status and behavior. Ethnographic narratives dating from the earliest periods of European contact onward suggest that interaction with Tibetan oracles has often evoked departures from "ordinary" consciousness which are no less remarkable in foreign observers than in the oracle himself and his Tibetan assist…
Transcription (i)
The Myth of the Noble Savage
Art (7 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works)