Question

Short summary of The sound of music part 2

Answer 1

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the Shehnai of Bismillah Khan

in this story firstly the story of coming of shehnai is told that Aurangzeb Ban the playing of Pungi because the sound was very unpleasant and it become the generic name for noise makers . so Shehnai was given the place in the court of Aurangzeb . the time of Chennai was longer and product then the fungi as the Shehnai was having 7 holes on its body of pipes . the barber discovered the Shehnai and the opening of closing of some of these holes produce of melodious

sound . Bismillah Khan at the age of 14 tried to companies uncle at Allahabad music conference . Bismillah Khan played the Shinee on Red Fort on 15th August 1947 by playing Raag Kafi . he became the first Indian to grid the national with playing shehnai. the Bismillah Khan loves India and Banaras as he was in a foreign country but he want to see Hindustan as he truly loves his country and it's Banaras and its lovely Holy river Ganga .....

Answer 2

• This lesson is an effort to understand Indian classical musicians and instruments especially the origin of the shehnai and the shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan.  
• The shehnai replaced the pungi which had an unpleasant sound. The pungi’s tonal quality was improved by a nai (barbar) of Shah (Emperor Aurangzeb); hence it was named as ‘shehnai’.
• The lesson beautifully deals with the early life of Bismillah Khan in Dumraon in Bihar.  
• His grandfather was the shehnai-nawaz of the Bhojpur king’s court.  
• Bismillah Khan took to music early in life when he was 3 years old in the company of his maternal uncle.  
• His life is a source of simplicity and communal harmony from the very beginning when he used to sing ‘Chaita’ in Bihariji temple and practising the shehnai in Vishnu temple and Mangala Maiya temple of Varanasi.  
• Bismillah Khan got his big break with the opening of All India Radio in Lucknow in 1938.  
• He also played the shehnai on 15 August, 1947 from Red Fort in presence of Pandit Nehru.
• Bismillah Khan gave many memorable performances both in India and abroad where he was honoured with so many awards.  
• He also gave music in  two movies ‘Gunj Uthi Shehnai’ and ‘Sanadhi Apanna’.  
• He was so fond of his motherland India, Benaras and the holy Ganga that he refused an offer to be the head of a shehnai school in the USA.  
• In 2001, Ustad Bismillah Khan was awarded India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.  
• His life is a perfect example of the rich, cultural heritage of India, ‘one that effortlessly accepts that a devout Muslim like him can very naturally play the shehnai at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple’