Who were the influencing factors of shaping bismillah khan as a musician?
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The renowned Shehnai player was born in a family of musicians and was trained by his uncle, the late Ali Baksh ‘Vilayatu’.
The former was also a shehnai player and attached to Varanasi's Vishwanath Temple.
Ustad Bismillah Khan’s father was also a court musician employed in the Dumrao palace by the Raja of Bhojpur.
It is said that his grandfather Ustad Salar Hussain Khan and grandfather Rasool Baksh Khan were also musicians in the Dumrao palace.
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It is saud that impressionable years of one's life is the childhood and when talent is nurtured at this stage, it has better chances of flowering to a full bloom in the years to come. Such was the case with Bismillah khan. He took to music at an early age of three, being in a family of musicians from his paternal and maternal side. His grandfather and father were professional musicians by his maternal uncle Ali Bux, who played Shehnai at the Vishnu temple in Beneras