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The data set presented here is also published on RADAR4Culture; DOI: 10.22000\/h0zvh4v9bgspsxca<\/a><\/p>\n

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More information (and detailed discussion) on the material presented here is available in:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strothman, Christiane.\u00a0Learning from a Monastic Musician: Masters of Chant and the Function of Ritual Music in the Tibetan Yungdrung B\u00f6n Tradition.<\/em> Dissertation Folkwang Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste. (Musik und Religion, Band 2). Baden-Baden: Tectum, 2024.<\/p>\n

Strothman, Christiane.“Tropur \u2013 Insights into a Protection Ritual of the Tibetan B\u00f6n Tradition.“ In: Andreas Meyer und Dominik H\u00f6ink (Hrsg.): Music and Religion. (Musik und Religion, Band 1). Marburg: Tectum, 2024.<\/p>\n

B\u00f6npo neums were originally made available to English-speaking academics by Ricardo Canzio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canzio, Ricardo. \u201cDecoding B\u00f6npo Liturgical Manuscripts,\u201d in Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books:<\/em> Elaborations<\/em>, edited by Matthew T. Kapstein, 124\u2013134. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2024.<\/p>\n

Canzio, Ricardo O. \u201cExtending to All Beings the Far-Reaching Arm of Liberation: Bonpo Texts in the Manner of Commencing the Practice of the Outer, Inner and Secret Teachings.\u201d In Indo-Tibetan Studies: Papers in Honour and Appreciation of Professor David L. Snellgrove\u2019s Contribution to Indo-Tibetan Studies<\/em>, edited by Tadeusz Skorupski, 55\u201365. Tring (U.K.): Institute of Buddhist Studies, 1990.<\/p>\n

Another recording of the Chant to Mid\u00fc<\/em> (from the ritual Protectors of B\u00f6n<\/em>, Chapter 2.1) was made by Ricardo Canzio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canzio, Ricardo O. Tibet: Traditions rituelles des Bonpos [recordings of the author from March 1981 and April 1983]. Extended edition of: Les traditions rituelles des Bonpos tibe\u0301tains, Festival de Lille \/ OCOR Radio France, LP 30cm\/33t 558622 (1982). 1 CD OCORA-Radio France C 580016, 1991.<\/p>\n

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Legend<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

green font: syllables belonging to ritual text
\nred font: syllables marked in red in the original manuscript, presumably to indicate the beginning of a phrase or a performative irregularity.
\nlight blue\/violet font: inserted syllables that repeat the final letter of the previous syllable.
\nblack font (big): inserted syllables (no further explanation found yet).<\/p>\n

black font (small): B\u00f6npo neums (also referred to in literature as melodic units, melodic types, melodic patterns)<\/p>\n

Indices below phrases refer to page_line_phrase in the manuscript.
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