summary of the sound of music class 9
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The chapter "The Sound of Music" tells the stories of renowned solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie and world famous shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan. The title makes the reader curious about the inspiring stories of these famous musicians.
On the one hand, the chapter tells the story of Evelyn Glennie who has become a source of inspiration for the deaf and handicapped children as she has succeeded in becoming a world renowned solo percussionist despite being hearing disabled. On the other hand, the chapter traces the life of Ustad Bismillah Khan who is credited with bringing the shehnai to the national and international classical stage.
It tells the stories of the renowned solo percussionist named Evelyn Glennie and the famous Shehnai player or Shehnai artist named Ustad Bismillah Khan. The chapter deals with these two inspiring stories and reflects on them as a source of inspiration.
Evelyn Glennie came out and grew as a stable and constant source of inspiration for differently -abled and deaf children. She became an ideal for them to follow and gave them a lesson of maintaining a spirit of life. Evelyn became a world known, fame face Percussionist even though she was herself deaf i.e., hearing disabled and yet flagged her name in the field and world of Orchestra.
The chapter also reflects on the journey and success of Ustad Bismillah Khan who was a famous Shehnai player. The chapter talks of how the famous Shehnai player is with his art and hands on the Shehnai; and how his hard work took Shehnai as an art form to the national and international classical platform.