Can I get the summary of 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC' in short like from 150 to 200 words
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part 1
Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound without Hearing It” throws light on the life of famous Scottish multi-percussionist, Evelyn Glennie and the struggles she faced to become a successful musician. She is a talented performer who knows how to play several instruments perfectly. It is interesting to note that although she is completely deaf, she has an extraordinary ability to sense music through her body rather than her ears. Evelyn was not born deaf, but she lost her hearing ability by the time she was eleven years old. Whilst she faced difficulty in hearing, that did not bog down her determination to pursue music.
Evelyn was more keen to learn the xylophone at school when percussionist Ron Forbes recognised her potential. He encouraged her to sense the music through her body, instead of her ears. After that, there was no looking back! Evelyn continued to scale newer heights ever since and when she auditioned at the Royal Academy of Music, she scored one of the highest marks in the history of the music academy. She received several laurels, accolades and awards for her extraordinaire par excellence performances on the global platform. In 1991, the Royal Philharmonic Society honoured her with the prestigious ‘Soloist of the Year Award’. Ann Richlin of the Beethoven Fund for Deaf Children stated that Evelyn is a beaming inspiration to the specially-abled people. Thus, Evelyn Glennie continues to set an example by motivating everyone around her with her determination and delights millions of people with her outstanding performances.
Question: Write the summary of Part 1 of "The Sound Of Music".
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In part 1, we learn about the Scottish multi-percussionist, Evelyn Glennie. It tells us about the struggles she faced before becoming a world-famous professional musician who did not let her shortcomings discourage her.
Evelyn Glennie was declared deaf when she was about eleven years old. She was dissuaded by the teachers from playing upon a xylophone, Ron Forbes, a great percussionist, came to her rescue. He saw great potential in her and guided her on how to sense music through different parts of her body without listening through her ears. This proved to be the turning point. She learned to open her body and mind to the sounds and vibrations. After that, she never looked back.
Despite her lack of hearing, Evelyn not only speaks flawlessly but has also managed to learn French and basic Japanese. According to Evelyn, she can feel music pouring in through every part of her body – her skin, her cheekbones, even her hair. She can feel the vibrations of instruments penetrate into her body through her bare feet.
She toured the United Kingdom with a youth orchestra and by the time she was sixteen, she had decided to make music her life. She joined the prestigious Royal Academy of Music and scored the highest marks in the history of the Academy.
With her unfaltering determination, Evelyn became the world’s most sought-after multi-percussionist with a mastery of some thousand instruments and a hectic international schedule.
In 1991, she received the prestigious ‘Soloist of the Year Award’ presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Question: Write the summary of Part 2 of "The Sound Of Music".
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After Aurangzeb had banned an instrument called "Pungi" in his court, a barber reinvented it and named it "Shehnai". This barber took a pipe, a pipe which was a hollow stem. It was longer and broader than the pungi. He made seven holes on the body of the pipe.
A five-year-old Bismillah Khan, he would regularly go to the nearby Bihariji temple to sing the Bhojpuri ‘Chaita’, at the end of which he would earn a big laddu weighing 1.25 kg. This happened 80 years ago, and the little boy has traveled far to earn the highest civilian award in India — the Bharat Ratna.
Bismillah Khan was born on 21 March 1916 in a family of Musicians in Bihar. His grandfather, Rasool Bux Khan, was the shehnai-Nawaz of the Bhojpur king’s court. His father, Paigambar Bux, and other paternal ancestors were also great shehnai players. The young boy took to music early in life.
At the age of three when his mother took him to his maternal uncle’s house in Benaras (now Varanasi), Bismillah was fascinated watching his uncles practice the shehnai. Soon Bismillah started accompanying his uncle, Ali Bux, to the Vishnu temple of Benaras where Bux was employed to play the shehnai.
At the age of 14, Bismillah accompanied his uncle to the Allahabad Music Conference. With the opening of the All India Radio in Lucknow in 1938 came Bismillah’s big break. He soon became an often-heard shehnai player on the \ radio.
He played the shehnai on the day India got independence i.e 15th August 1947. At the Red Fort, before the Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru gave his speech.